Connecticut Reprsentative Brian Lanoue (R-Jewett City) has introduced HB 5012. It would provide that each U.S. House district elect its own presidential elector. Thanks to Joshua Van Vranken for this news.
Connecticut Reprsentative Brian Lanoue (R-Jewett City) has introduced HB 5012. It would provide that each U.S. House district elect its own presidential elector. Thanks to Joshua Van Vranken for this news.
Hard to believe that little state has FIVE (5) Congressional districts and West Virginia is getting pared down from three to now just two. We had six when I was born.
Another minority rule EC gerrymander math scheme.
538 EC gerrymander districts ???
ABOLISH the EC.
I wonder if this bill or if similar bills in other states have a real chance to become law.
Just a week into this Biden administration and I’m already bored beyond belief. Bring back Trump. Any Trump, or just about. Don Sr, Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, Lara…any of them have to better than this gray lukewarm oatmeal presidency.
Ivanka will be the first woman president
BOREDOM WITH RED COMMIE BIDEN REGIME [ESP THE MANY LAWLESS EX.ORDS.] WILL END WITH THINGS LIKE THE USA GOVT BANKRUPTCY, HYPER-INFLATION, TOTAL CIVIL WAR II, WW III ???
SEE FORTRESS DEVIL CITY – WORK IN REGRESS — NOT PROGRESS.
PELOSI RAVING ABOUT *ENEMY WITHIN* THE USA H REPS. —
SEE OLDE END OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC IN 120 BC – 27 BC.
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PR AND APPV
TOTSOP
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WHERE IS THE 3RD CONTINENTAL CONGRESS / 2ND FEDERAL CONVENTION ???
@Jeff The acquired territory of the Union has taken resources away from the original states for generations at this point. Compare the maps after the 1910 census to now: I am from New York, and after the census we will have fewer house representatives than we did in 1810, despite us having twenty times the population we did back then. It is the West’s fault for forcing Apportionment on us from 1929 to present, and we’d be a lot better off without them.
Pachaug is a state forest/campground or something. Lanoue represents Griswold, Sterling, Voluntown, and parts of Lisbon and Plainfield. It’s the mid-southeast part of the state, on the Rhode Island border.
Jeff Becker – Connecticut had 6 districts until after the 2000 census.
All we need is at-large elections of Electors in each state under ranked choice voting and the single transferable vote.
For every Elector at-large (plus one) that brings a new faction.
A five-Elector state potentially brings the six-party system to that election, because there is a six-way tie and the first five names that break the tie are elected.
Should one vote switch to the sixth name then a new name wins the fifth Electoral College seat.
Under pure proportional representation (PPR) every election for names is always a tie with many names, the tie gets broken by one vote for each name, that brings a balance like the 50/50 tie (but single-winner election districts prohibited for names).
Thank you, Jim. I corrected his town of residence.
I don’t see Jeff’s problem. Connecticut has over twice as many people as west Virginia. If he wants congressional representatives based on acreage, Alaska would be happy, as would Wyoming. Most states back east would not be so happy, probably not even wv.
Divide the USA NOW –
East- Central- West ???
Pay for left/right moves to promised left/right lands.
See which regime collapses first.
See olde/dead USSR, Brit/French/Spanish/etc empires.
@Henry – I didn’t say I had a problem. I was just commenting on how crowded it apparently is there now. I have fond memories of my childhood there living in what I remember as mostly country (Wilton and Redding, ’65-’70) and don’t remember it being like that.
Here is the link to this bill: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=HB-5012
There are still plenty of country areas. The city areas have expanded somewhat. Population has grown from about 2.5-3 million in the 60s to 3.5-3.6 million most recent available numbers.
Representatives in Congress (and Presidential electors, too) would be more proportional to population if the Wyoming Rule were adopted. This would give each state a number of Representatives proportional to the population of the least populous state, currently Wyoming. It would likely increase the number of Representatives by at least 100 new members. It could be adopted in this session of Congress after the results of the census are available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Rule
USA H Reps became a mob scene / dictatorship in 1873 due to 13 and 14-2 Amdts.
Good luck in decipher efforts of USA H reps Rules.
Reps + staffers + new army of guards in Fortress DC = X
Solve for X.
@ Demo Rep:
Well, that’s why we have the Senate, to keep things under control if the House goes crazy. Mitch said as much during Trump’s first impeachment.
WZ
ALL Houses of the Congress and State legis are full of gerrymander crazies — since 1789/1776.
Senate full of special crazies from small States — like MCC.
1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 CONTROL.
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PR in ALL legis bodies.