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    Lawsuit claims: Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional

    A coalition of prominent law firms and professors has filed four federal lawsuits claiming the winner-take-all system of electoral college voting distorts presidential campaigns and violates the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution provides that “electors” choose the president and vice president, while states determine how electors are selected, the suits explain. Forty-eight states and Washington, D.C., have winner-take-all systems for choosing electors in which the political party of the leading candidate selects every elector. The system magnifies votes by those who chose the winner and discards the votes of others. In Texas, for example, Donald Trump received 52.2 percent of the vote in 2016, yet he received every single electoral vote in the state, according to the suit filed there. Hillary Clinton received 43.2 percent of the Texas vote, but zero electoral votes.

    The system allows candidates to win the election while losing the popular vote. The suits claim the system denies citizens the right to an equal vote in presidential elections in violation of the right to political expression and association under the First Amendment and the principle of one person, one vote under the 14th Amendment. The suits also say the system places minority voters at a disadvantage in violation of the Voting Rights Act.


    Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies
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    But it was good enough for Obama, now all of a sudden, it isn't.....................meh
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    It will be interesting to follow the case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by stjames1_53 View Post
    But it was good enough for Obama, now all of a sudden, it isn't.....................meh
    Obama won the popular vote, so it made no difference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DGUtley View Post
    A coalition of prominent law firms and professors has filed four federal lawsuits claiming the winner-take-all system of electoral college voting distorts presidential campaigns and violates the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution provides that “electors” choose the president and vice president, while states determine how electors are selected, the suits explain. Forty-eight states and Washington, D.C., have winner-take-all systems for choosing electors in which the political party of the leading candidate selects every elector. The system magnifies votes by those who chose the winner and discards the votes of others. In Texas, for example, Donald Trump received 52.2 percent of the vote in 2016, yet he received every single electoral vote in the state, according to the suit filed there. Hillary Clinton received 43.2 percent of the Texas vote, but zero electoral votes.

    The system allows candidates to win the election while losing the popular vote. The suits claim the system denies citizens the right to an equal vote in presidential elections in violation of the right to political expression and association under the First Amendment and the principle of one person, one vote under the 14th Amendment. The suits also say the system places minority voters at a disadvantage in violation of the Voting Rights Act.


    Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies
    The Constitution doesn't say how the electors are picked. The first popular vote was 1824 not 1789. The people were never intended to vote and no state has to allow it.
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