tomder55
Apr 26, 2024, 05:36 AM
I mentioned this idea briefly in a previous discussion. States in the compact mandate that the electors of their state be assigned to the winner of the national popular vote .
Maine is the latest state to sign on. There are now 17 states in the compact.
Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/maine-national-popular-vote-compact-2a345dc04d7e3937c4857577523a3a11)
The ultimate goal of the compact is to get enough states to commit to surpass the 270 elector threshold thus for all practical purposes killing the Electoral College system.
Basically there would be a couple of megalopolis areas that would determine who is President.
Powerline blog details the threat
First, presidential candidates would no longer pretend to care about smaller states. The Electoral College was intended in part to make sure that all states, not just the most populous ones, would impact national elections. Under the compact, campaigns will be devoted to driving maximum partisan turnout in the states where each party dominates–California, Texas, and so on. Who cares about South Dakota when there are millions of votes to be had in Florida? The interstate compact would turn our republic into a country that essentially is governed by plebiscite.
Second, the compact would put a premium on voter fraud. Already, there is no shortage of cheating, but each state’s boundary is a firewall. Philadelphia has been notorious for voter fraud for a century or more, and it may be able to elect a statewide candidate like John Fetterman. But the worst that fraud can do is swing a single state, so its impact is limited.
Under a popular vote regime, there is no limit to the impact that voter fraud can have. The premium will be on ballot harvesting, both legal and illegal. If you can come up with millions of illegal votes by stuffing ballot boxes in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and so on, they all will count. Presidential elections will become a race to the bottom
A Looming Threat to Our Democracy | Power Line (powerlineblog.com) (https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/a-looming-threat-to-our-democracy.php)
Norman Williams at 'Harvard Law Review' (hardly a right wing publication) says that the compact is unconstitutional
He makes a compelling point .
In my view, it is unconstitutional for states to appoint electors against the wishes of their own state electorate but in accordance with the will of voters outside the state.
The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact - Harvard Law Review (https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2019/03/the-danger-of-the-national-popular-vote-compact/)
Not that constitutionality ever prevented the left from seizing power .
Maine is the latest state to sign on. There are now 17 states in the compact.
Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won't come into play this November | AP News (https://apnews.com/article/maine-national-popular-vote-compact-2a345dc04d7e3937c4857577523a3a11)
The ultimate goal of the compact is to get enough states to commit to surpass the 270 elector threshold thus for all practical purposes killing the Electoral College system.
Basically there would be a couple of megalopolis areas that would determine who is President.
Powerline blog details the threat
First, presidential candidates would no longer pretend to care about smaller states. The Electoral College was intended in part to make sure that all states, not just the most populous ones, would impact national elections. Under the compact, campaigns will be devoted to driving maximum partisan turnout in the states where each party dominates–California, Texas, and so on. Who cares about South Dakota when there are millions of votes to be had in Florida? The interstate compact would turn our republic into a country that essentially is governed by plebiscite.
Second, the compact would put a premium on voter fraud. Already, there is no shortage of cheating, but each state’s boundary is a firewall. Philadelphia has been notorious for voter fraud for a century or more, and it may be able to elect a statewide candidate like John Fetterman. But the worst that fraud can do is swing a single state, so its impact is limited.
Under a popular vote regime, there is no limit to the impact that voter fraud can have. The premium will be on ballot harvesting, both legal and illegal. If you can come up with millions of illegal votes by stuffing ballot boxes in California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and so on, they all will count. Presidential elections will become a race to the bottom
A Looming Threat to Our Democracy | Power Line (powerlineblog.com) (https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/04/a-looming-threat-to-our-democracy.php)
Norman Williams at 'Harvard Law Review' (hardly a right wing publication) says that the compact is unconstitutional
He makes a compelling point .
In my view, it is unconstitutional for states to appoint electors against the wishes of their own state electorate but in accordance with the will of voters outside the state.
The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact - Harvard Law Review (https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2019/03/the-danger-of-the-national-popular-vote-compact/)
Not that constitutionality ever prevented the left from seizing power .