On May 21, the Nevada Senate passed AB 186, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. The vote was 12-8. The bill now goes to Governor Steve Sisolak, who is a Democrat.
On May 21, the Nevada Senate passed AB 186, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. The vote was 12-8. The bill now goes to Governor Steve Sisolak, who is a Democrat.
James Ogle for President campaign is planning to attend the June 30th Los Angeles County Libertarian convention.
Go Ogle [One]
http://www.usparliament.org/google2020.php
Bring the three-party system to POTUS in 2020.
Bring the 539-party system to the 538-member pure proportional representation (PPR) Electoral College.
PPR is an ultra conservative voting system that wastes few votes and PPR brings a guaranteed voter satisfaction level of more than 99% to the Elector College.
The Libertarian/One in 2020
Yes! My birth state has passed this bill to end this increasingly controversial mechanism that mostly benefits no one, except for a snowflake group, the far-right voters.
Chad – The electoral college has come very close to working in the Democrats favor. If 59,301 (out of 5.6 million) votes in Ohio had gone to Kerry instead of Bush in 2004, Kerry would have been President while Bush would have won the popular vote by 2.9 million. Kerry could have pulled that off, if he played right. That’s just a few more ads or a few more promises of free ponies to Ohioans. I think the reason the EC has only benefited Republicans lately is the tiny number of opportunities for it to come into play.
5-10 marginal States since 1868.
See the Prez year wikis.
De facto Prez winners via about 25-32 pct of voters to get bare majority of EC votes in about half the States/DC.
1860 minority rule >>> 750,000 plus DEAD in 1861-1866.
The Devil City MONSTERS love the EVIL EC system.
Too many media and polisci math MORONS to count.
The Electoral College might favor Republicans because of the 100 Electors added to the 435 Congressman to total the 538 (three from DC).
All the smaller and rural states which gain the two Electors are generally Republican.
My perception is that the Ds have power bases in the cities and Rs have power bases outside the cities.
The National Popular Vote Compact still doesn’t solve the fundamental problem of plurality voting. You can still get a minority President. If NPV had been in effect in 1992, Bill Clinton would have been elected with 43% of the popular vote, 3% LESS than Trump in 2016. Ranked choice voting for Presidential electors is a better option. It would increase the chances of a President getting elected with a popular majority.
Again-
the 1787 USA Const resulted from the conspiracy of the slave and small States in the top secret Fed Convention I —
The 3 minority rule gerrymander systems — H Reps, Senate, EC.
Minority rule gerrymander systems in all 50 States — ALL State legislatures and many local legis bodies.
The current ROT in ALL regimes has been building since 4 July 1776.
The current pro-Democracy States should secede or have Fed Convention II and then secede ???
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PR and AppV — pending Condorcet.
It’s still illegal. Article I, Section 10 of the US Constitution says that states are forbidden from entering into any compact with another state without first obtaining the consent of Congress.
Again – the NPV scheme blatantly violates 14-1 and 14-2.
Having votes OUTSIDE of a STATE DETERMINE RESULTS INSIDE a STATE.
I remember back when most Republicans wanted to abolish the Electoral College. Now, since they feel it benefits them (for the time being), they tell themselves whatever stories they can to justify a system they used to want gone.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled long ago that Article I, section 10 doesn’t apply to all interstate compacts. There have been hundreds, if not thousands, of interstate compacts that were put in place even though congress didn’t consent.
Again —
The 5 SCOTUS Cons will be very happy to over-rule ALL 1-10 non-actions by the Congress.
Choosing a USA Prez AIN’T a minor matter —
since a Prez has control of WAR codes and orders — ie possible END of human life on Mother Earth.
SCOTUS morons at work re interstate compacts —
2017 Const Annotated
Art I, pp. 448-452
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In the Federalist it was noted that various earlier Federal type regimes had collapsed due to the machinations of member regimes with each other.
Gee – was the Dec 1860 – Apr 1861 so-called Confederate States of America *Constitution* a *minor* Inter-State *Compact* ???
Bob –
Th U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that Congressional consent to implementation of an interstate compact is not required if the effect(s) of the compact do not impinge upon or usurp powers granted by the Constitution to the federal government. (Virginia v. Tennessee. Since Article II gives state legislatures what the USSC decided in McPherson v. Blacker is the “plenary” right to allocate electors, there is no federal interest here. Thus your argument that the compact is illegal is not supported by fact.