Pogo
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Monkeying with the Constitution has caused most of our problems.
Has it now.
You do know that same Constitution declared that slaves in the South could be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of counting population to determine degree of representation ----- and therefore Electoral Votes ----- while denying them a voice, i.e. a vote --- and that that directly contributed to six of our first seven Presidents being slaveholders from the South as this country was launching and ignoring for decades the elephant-in-the-room question of slavery, right?
Shall we just go back to that then? It does make 'monkeying' an interesting verb. Just sayin'
---- or don't you bother to read threads before jumping in with both feet?
Also the EC preserves and gives voice to the regions of the country. It saves us from all being ruled by California and New York if they can run up the vote. And they can.
There's no way to demonstrate that argument. The invitation to do that has been on the table the whole time. No one has.
Over six million voters in NY and Cali voted for Rump, yet their Electors will vote unanimously for Hillary. As if every New Yorker and every Californian cast their vote for the New Yorker. And now their votes will mean absolutely nothing --- they completely wasted their time.
--- That sound fair to you?
And it leads me to the question...is there no part of the Constitution the Democrats dont despise?
Is there a part the Ignorami actually read?
NOTHING in the Constitution requires the EC to vote "winner take all". NOWHERE. Even how the states choose their electors is left up to the several states' legislatures. They don't even have to hold an election if they choose some other method. Nor are they bound to vote the way their popular vote went if they see fit not to.
I see no reason for even discussing it.
Of course you don't. Ignorance is bliss and isn't that revealing.
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I suspect the Southern slaveholders holding on to that practice saw no reason to discuss it either. And when that was done away with, the states who then counted women in their population for the purpose of representation and EVs without giving them the right to vote either, "saw no reason for even discussing it".
Guess what Goobernuts --- the Constitution was specifically designed to be discussed ... and amended as needed. Because they were at least smart enough to know they couldn't think of everything and couldn't look into the future.
You want to live in the 18th century, be my jest and invent a time machine. The rest of us will read about you in the history books. Which is btw something you might consider investing in.