Maybe Americans should just have elector-counts and be done with it?
I mean, if they're gonna insist on using the electoral system of the Holy Roman Empire anyway.
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beckyromero · 36-40, F
I generally agree that Electoral College votes should be awarded automatically with a few caveats.
I do NOT agree with the interstate compact to award Electoral Votes to the national popular vote winner. I believe that violates various state Constitutions and the U.S. Constitution. I'm against price-fixing and the interstate compact is not much different.
If California wants to award their Electoral Votes to the national popular vote winner, that's their choice. But it shouldn't be conditional on what New York does.
If this was in place this year and Trump won the national popular vote with Biden winning the Electoral College under 2016 rules, California legislators would have been tarred and feathered before they'd be evicted from the state.
As for selecting individual electors to the Electoral College, it's OK. Hillary Clinton is a New York electoral, for example. But is it really needed, especially since not all states have laws against "faithless electors"?
The only reason to NOT have Electoral College votes be automatic is the theory that individual electors can give the thumbs down to a demagogue that might other be elected. Since that theory was shattered with the election of Donald Trump in 2016, we might as well make it automatic.
I do NOT agree with the interstate compact to award Electoral Votes to the national popular vote winner. I believe that violates various state Constitutions and the U.S. Constitution. I'm against price-fixing and the interstate compact is not much different.
If California wants to award their Electoral Votes to the national popular vote winner, that's their choice. But it shouldn't be conditional on what New York does.
If this was in place this year and Trump won the national popular vote with Biden winning the Electoral College under 2016 rules, California legislators would have been tarred and feathered before they'd be evicted from the state.
As for selecting individual electors to the Electoral College, it's OK. Hillary Clinton is a New York electoral, for example. But is it really needed, especially since not all states have laws against "faithless electors"?
The only reason to NOT have Electoral College votes be automatic is the theory that individual electors can give the thumbs down to a demagogue that might other be elected. Since that theory was shattered with the election of Donald Trump in 2016, we might as well make it automatic.
