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

Yeah its just not a game with a stable solution

It’s beautiful, but has been perverted

It's pervesion in such a short time is proof that it does not work. Europe fell down the same path once they abandoned their kingdoms

The kingdoms are often portrayed as harsh and not representative of their people, but what has democracy really done for them?

Replaced them.

Monarchy suffers from succession problems

I'm not arguing for it, I'm just saying that it was much better, for a thousand years, at retaining its people

It is constitutional. Originally the people weren't even supposed to have a hand in electing the President. The fact that states decided to allow the people to influence the election is just something they decided to do. A gift they gave us and can take away.

The truth is, power corrupts.