You cannot get through a day without hearing a politician cite a threat to our Democracy. This statement is factually incorrect. The United States of America is not, and hopefully never will be, a Democracy. Our forefathers protected our individual states by creating America as a Constitutional Republic.
The Electoral College is a difficult concept to understand, and now that Civics is no longer taught in public schools, fewer people know what the Electoral College is or does. The name does nothing to tip you off to its importance, and maybe we should call it the Great Equalizer.
Over the last few years, we’ve seen a lot of counties in a given State want to secede from their current State and join with another as they believe to be more in tune with their beliefs and culture. Often, it’s in States that have a tremendous “gap” between a State’s urban and rural areas. … Read more
The Left is VERY desirous about doing to the Electoral College what they did to States’ interests when the Progressives passed the 17th Amendment. If there is a puzzled look on your face, let me explain (quickly).
Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem Chaired a hearing with House and Senate panel members yesterday regarding the integrity of the AZ General Election on Nov. 3rd. One witness said “truckloads of ballots” kept coming in for 10 days after elections officials thought they were done counting votes.
There’s a simple way to get around the increasingly difficult problem of ensuring that votes for President are not cast fraudulently, or that legitimate votes are not miscounted. We just need to go back to what the Constitution says in Article 2, Section 1: Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof … Read more
I love it that the Electoral College is one of the stunning achievements of our Founding Fathers in that it reinforces the philosophy of Federalism.
Democrat leadership would like to abolish the Electoral College and instead, elect the president with a National Popular Vote. That change would have severe negative consequences for our Constitutional Republic and would cost NH dearly – as our state (and many other states) would become insignificant in subsequent presidential elections. This would lead to future … Read more
Each time a candidate wins a majority of Electoral votes but loses the national popular vote, many Americans wonder if changes should be made. When not given much thought… it appears to be a valid question.
Faithless Electors are those that refuse to cast their Electoral College vote in accordance with the popular vote of their state. The National Popular Vote wants member States to cast their state’s electors according to the national popular vote regardless of how their state voted. Did the US Supreme just put a stake in the … Read more
Can Electoral College voters be compelled to vote for the winner of state popular vote? That case is now at the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).
Reposted with permission via Daily Signal : Original Article Here! New Hampshire legislators have introduced an election bill that would be completely unacceptable under normal circumstances. But these are not normal times. Constitutional institutions, especially the Electoral College, are under attack. Extraordinary action may be needed. Thus, some New Hampshire legislators have proposed to withhold popular vote … Read more
That would be the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The six+ minutes to watch this video is well worth your time: (H/T: Geek Press)
As states across the Country push to enact the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which will award the White House to the winner of the National Popular Vote (if/when the Compact hits 270 electoral votes,) some New Hampshire Representatives have introduced the Electoral College Defense Act. Andrew Prout (R-Hudson) has introduced a bill to stop … Read more
The notorious RBG is not a fan of the Electoral College which concerns me. It is one of the few remaining checks that keep our nation a Republic. But while she is not a fan, she is a realist.
The National Popular Vote (NPV) is an effort to create a compact. States who sign on would allocate their electoral college votes based on the national popular vote. The goal is to get the compact to 270. But the 10th Circuit Court just blew a hole in their nefarious plan.
The Daily Signal did some digging. The goal was to uncover who was funding National Popular Vote. The “non-profit” pushing the movement to end the Electoral College for electing Presidents of the United States. I don’t think anyone went into this unsure of the results.
I ran across this post by Joshua Rabotnick over at PJ Media and at first I thought it was well written and worthy of one of those rare times where I just put up the entire post as it “speaks for itself” on its own without any commentary. However, as I read through it, even after … Read more
So, because Dick Devens hasn’t understood, can’t understand, and seemingly never will, he wants to change a vital part of our Representative Republic to take away yet another Check and Balance that was DESIGNED to have checks and balances. So because he doesn’t understand something, he wants it simplified; even if he doesn’t understand the … Read more
In this week’s G-File Jonah Goldberg talks about the UN vs. Israel. There is, as always, lots of good stuff, but when he contrasted liberal outrage over the Electoral College to loving how the UN does things, well… It’s kind of funny. We’ve spent the last six weeks hearing how eeeeeeevill the Electoral College is because … Read more