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Thread: ICYMI: Colorado’s Governor Signs Bill That Alters Its Electoral College Participation

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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    Can any State remove its citizens' right to vote? Isn't that what this does? It renders their votes meaningless.
    There is no Constitutional requirement for how electors are selected. A vote of the people is not needed.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hoosier8 View Post
    Each State will pick it's own electors but this process makes that a moot point because it bypasses what the States voters want based on other States votes. Very similar to the argument in Thornton that was about term limits.
    Thornton wasn't about the Electoral College. It said the the States cannot make qualifying for office that is stricter then the Constitution. It only applied for federal officials.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    There is no Constitutional requirement for how electors are selected. A vote of the people is not needed.
    The citizens in each affected State would have to look to the State's Constitution.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    Thornton wasn't about the Electoral College. It said the the States cannot make qualifying for office that is stricter then the Constitution. It only applied for federal officials.
    The goal of the EC is clear and this is also for a Federal position. This effort is a way to bypass the Constitution. It would not survive SCOTUS, that is unless the democrats win and pack the court with liberal activists like they are threatening.
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    A president is elected through a popular vote, but not a national popular vote. It's a state by state popular vote.

    Instead of altering the electoral college, why don't we educate our students as to why the founders of nation believed it was necessary? Educate them objectively and factually.


    If we eliminated the electoral college most of the nation would be basically irrelevant. Four major metropolitan areas would select our president. It's a recipe for disaster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    A president is elected through a popular vote, but not a national popular vote. It's a state by state popular vote.

    Instead of altering the electoral college, why don't we educate our students as to why the founders of nation believed it was necessary? Educate them objectively and factually.


    If we eliminated the electoral college most of the nation would be basically irrelevant. Four major metropolitan areas would select our president. It's a recipe for disaster.
    Some of the articles against the EC acknowledge the history, but rail against it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Some of the articles against the EC acknowledge the history, but rail against it.
    I think eliminating the EC would be a bad thing and basically silence half the population.

    One wins the electoral vote of a state by winning the popular vote in that state.

    Most of opposition to the EC is because too many people have not been educated properly on the it’s history and reasons it’s necessary in our form of government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tahuyaman View Post
    I think eliminating the EC would be a bad thing and basically silence half the population.

    One wins the electoral vote of a state by winning the popular vote in that state.

    Most of opposition to the EC is because too many people have not been educated properly on the it’s history and reasons it’s necessary in our form of government.
    It would be a grave mistake to repeal the EC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It would be a grave mistake to repeal the EC.
    Nothing good would happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    It would be a grave mistake to repeal the EC.
    And I'm sure the people promoting it know that. The people who go along with it are indoctrinated idiots who can't understand that its a grave mistake.


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