Comments on: Electoral College Roulette http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/02/23/electoral-college-roulette/ at the intersection of radio, blogs, and grassroots politics...you'll find DoubleSpeak. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mark Cartwright http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/02/23/electoral-college-roulette/#comment-59 Mark Cartwright Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:10:22 +0000 http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/02/23/electoral-college-roulette/#comment-59 Ed, the proposed law, "Agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote", has nothing to do with amending the Constitution. Rather, it uses Article II, Section I, of the Constitution that allows state legislatures to determine how their electors function. Individual states would form a compact to pledge all its electoral votes to the presidential candidate with the most popular votes nation-wide. When enough state(minimum 270-electoral votes)legislatures had approved the law, their states would honor the law. I live in the first state(Illinois)that is considering approval of the law(Illinois SB 2724). This approach to make "every vote equal" is brilliant. As few as eleven states approving the law would, for the first time in American history, have the election of the American President by the American people. Go to www.nationalpopularvote.com for more details. Ed, the proposed law, “Agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote”, has nothing to do with amending the Constitution. Rather, it uses Article II, Section I, of the Constitution that allows state legislatures to determine how their electors function. Individual states would form a compact to pledge all its electoral votes to the presidential candidate with the most popular votes nation-wide. When enough state(minimum 270-electoral votes)legislatures had approved the law, their states would honor the law. I live in the first state(Illinois)that is considering approval of the law(Illinois SB 2724). This approach to make “every vote equal” is brilliant. As few as eleven states approving the law would, for the first time in American history, have the election of the American President by the American people. Go to http://www.nationalpopularvote.com for more details.

]]> By: Ed Bremson http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/02/23/electoral-college-roulette/#comment-50 Ed Bremson Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:39:54 +0000 http://www.doublespeakshow.com/2006/02/23/electoral-college-roulette/#comment-50 In the above article I think they meant to say that they would amend the constitution, not an easy thing to do but certainly a worthy goal in this case. Every other election in this country is one by popular vote, and the election of president should be too. Here is part of an entry from Wikipedia. As can be seen, it is not easy to amend the US Constitution: The United States Amendments to the United States Constitution are passed as joint resolutions by both houses of Congress but with a two-thirds supermajority, after which at least three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify it. Once certified by the Archivist of the United States, the amendment takes effect according to its provisions and the other rules of the constitution. In the above article I think they meant to say that they would amend the constitution, not an easy thing to do but certainly a worthy goal in this case. Every other election in this country is one by popular vote, and the election of president should be too. Here is part of an entry from Wikipedia. As can be seen, it is not easy to amend the US Constitution:

The United States
Amendments to the United States Constitution are passed as joint resolutions by both houses of Congress but with a two-thirds supermajority, after which at least three-fourths of the state legislatures must ratify it. Once certified by the Archivist of the United States, the amendment takes effect according to its provisions and the other rules of the constitution.

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