Update on National Popular Vote bill (It passed)
Posted by Diana Cieslak - March 12, 2009Thoughts? Add Comment -
SouthernRoots said on Mar 12 2009 at 9:36pm
This is an absurd plan. It doesn't protect the vote of the people - it make their votes even more suspect.
Example:
In 2012, Obama runs again and has the most votes cast in Washington State. Romney runs and wins the national popular vote.
Under this law, Washington States electors will selected to cast their votes for Romney - cancelling out the majority votes in the state .
How does this law not disenfranchise those voters? Under this law, Bush would have won the electoral votes from the state of Washington - and Oregon - and California.
Stupid waste of time trying to circumvent an actual Constitutional amendment to change it the right way.
Besides, don't we have a financial crisis in this state? How does the time spent on this bill alleviate our economic issues?
Golfdawg said on Mar 13 2009 at 9:06am
Good call SouthernRoots. The system isn't broken - the Founding Fathers knew exactly what they were doing when the system was setup. Passing this legislation will not stop the campaigning in the most important states (NY, CA, IL, PA, OH, etc.). State leaders have other things to focus their attention on: increasing unemployment, the housing crisis, budget deficit (What???? I thought we had a surplus last November????)
T said on Mar 13 2009 at 10:57am
The ray of sunshine is that the House refused to pass their own bill just as they refused to pass this last year. Enough House members seem to understand that NPV is inherently dishonest and a threat to the political stability necessary for liberty.