Message from @Phillip Wiglesworth - FL
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Same as in every state, though some have eased that to allow them to vote individually based on which district they represent
But they are STILL voting according to the people they represent
you're describing the convention but that's not in the Constitution itself
The state legislature gets to select Electoral College in any way it wishes it just so happens that most States dictate that the selection is tied to the vote
New CO law is telling them to completely disregard the entire state of CO, and vote according to how the rest of the country votes
A popular vote is not required by the Constitution so ignoring it is not unconstitutional
Look up the gore vs Bush case
It’s not, but the point is the Constitution doesn’t grant the states the right to determine HOW the electoral members vote. It grants them the power to appoint them.
How they so far have gotten around that is they wait until the election has been performed, THEN appoint the electoral members. Already knowing how those people will cast their vote.
You're right they can't tell them how to vote but just by selecting them they can 99% guarantee how they vote
That is different from telling them how to vote
they can instruct them to do whatever they want. They can't compel them to do what you want. But it's not against the law to instruct them
And this law is compelling them.
Against the will of the people they represent
I doubt it. We don't have the actual text the law but I'm sure what they did is simply make it so that the Electoral Representatives are assigned to the party of the person who wins the national votes
@Mojave Paisan - NV It's constitutional to circumvent the electoral college?
Maine is considering a similar law.
You cant get around electoral college persay but you can in theory rig it so that it votes in line with national vote by changing how electoral reps are selected
Talmudry levels that shouldnt even be possible
The WTO doing anything about China is extremely heartening.
Yes, that’s how they get around it currently. I seriously do believe it won’t survive a Constitutional test before SCOTUS, because it really is telling them to vote according to the vote of people they don’t even represent
Good mornfternoon
The whole state electoral college reps being decided by state popular vote is already a run around the original intent of the constitution.
It is indeed
@Phillip Wiglesworth - FL your bug still has a santa hat
At least they’re still representing their state however
Stealing the votes from rural districts and allowing the diverCITIES to decide. Maybe this is Colorado's form of reparations. (But wait, CO never had slaves) 🤔🤔
Imagine if we didnt have a election every 4 years and instead the new president emerged from a smoke filled room after being selected by legislature selected delegates
And the original Constitutional intent wasn’t for The People to hold an election for President
Anyways
European men of good character who owned a hundred acres of land or more.
China is a true republic. Change my mind.
@Jordan - MD CPAC in one meme
The electoral college got together in a convention and voted for a President. Because really, POTUS doesn’t represent The People. POTUS represents The States
Congress represents The People
SCOTUS represents The Constitution
It was a good idea but its clearly not a nash equilibrium solution
Never forget what they've taken from us.
The only way we will be on a cover photo is if they are attempting to engineer our life style. The double standards are incredible
Nash equilibrium is to import 100m africans
POTUS enforces the laws for The States, which are determined by The People of Congress, as examined by SCOTUS in preserving The Constitution