spudea
05-06-2018, 09:53 PM
Seems like article 4 section 4 would come into play here, we are supposed to be guaranteed a republican form of government. Giving over your elections to be determined by other states is horrendous.
Connecticut voted on Saturday to join states that want to pool their electoral college votes for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote – the first state legislature to do so since President Donald Trump won the 2016 election.
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Clinton won every jurisdiction in the pact already: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. Connecticut, which Clinton also won, would be the first state to sign on since 2014, when New York joined.
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Under the compact, participating states require electoral college voters to cast ballots for the national popular vote winner. In theory the change would take effect once the compact involves states representing at least 270 electoral votes, the threshold to win the presidency. With the expected addition of Connecticut’s seven votes, the group now has 172.
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Democratic state representative Matthew Lesser has been working on the issue since 2009 and believes Trump’s victory gave the issue “some renewed momentum”.
“My hope is, as other states take a look at it, that it won’t simply be an effort to re-litigate the 2016 election,” he said. Rather, he hopes states reflect on how two recent presidents, Trump and George W Bush in 2000, lost the popular vote but won the election.
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Opponents argue that Connecticut’s influence in the presidential election will be hurt by the national popular vote. Republican state senator Michael McLachlan predicted that candidates would subsequently focus on large population centers, ignoring rural areas and small states like Connecticut.
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“If you live in New York City, they may as well send limousines to get people to the polls,” said McLachlan, who also predicted “a legal train wreck” if the compact gets enough states to vote in unison for the popular vote winner.
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But supporters contend the legislation will re-energize disappointed voters who believe their votes don’t count.
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“Every person in the United States has the right to an equal voice in how our country is governed, and enacting a national popular vote ensures that right is upheld,” said Democratic state senator Mae Flexer.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/06/connecticut-states-pool-electoral-college-popular-votes-trump-clinton
Connecticut voted on Saturday to join states that want to pool their electoral college votes for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote – the first state legislature to do so since President Donald Trump won the 2016 election.
...
Clinton won every jurisdiction in the pact already: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington and the District of Columbia. Connecticut, which Clinton also won, would be the first state to sign on since 2014, when New York joined.
...
Under the compact, participating states require electoral college voters to cast ballots for the national popular vote winner. In theory the change would take effect once the compact involves states representing at least 270 electoral votes, the threshold to win the presidency. With the expected addition of Connecticut’s seven votes, the group now has 172.
...
Democratic state representative Matthew Lesser has been working on the issue since 2009 and believes Trump’s victory gave the issue “some renewed momentum”.
“My hope is, as other states take a look at it, that it won’t simply be an effort to re-litigate the 2016 election,” he said. Rather, he hopes states reflect on how two recent presidents, Trump and George W Bush in 2000, lost the popular vote but won the election.
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Opponents argue that Connecticut’s influence in the presidential election will be hurt by the national popular vote. Republican state senator Michael McLachlan predicted that candidates would subsequently focus on large population centers, ignoring rural areas and small states like Connecticut.
...
“If you live in New York City, they may as well send limousines to get people to the polls,” said McLachlan, who also predicted “a legal train wreck” if the compact gets enough states to vote in unison for the popular vote winner.
...
But supporters contend the legislation will re-energize disappointed voters who believe their votes don’t count.
...
“Every person in the United States has the right to an equal voice in how our country is governed, and enacting a national popular vote ensures that right is upheld,” said Democratic state senator Mae Flexer.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/06/connecticut-states-pool-electoral-college-popular-votes-trump-clinton