tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post2150366922127325637..comments2024-03-01T01:18:46.480-06:00Comments on Political Heat: How Kanye's Failed POTUS Bid in WI Exposes Flaws in the Electoral CollegeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6180226403686462298.post-4680549442536860172020-08-22T15:26:01.659-05:002020-08-22T15:26:01.659-05:00Now we need to support the "Yes On National P...Now we need to support the "Yes On National Popular Vote" campaign in Colorado, and vote for and urge state legislators in states with the 74 more electoral votes needed, to enact the National Popular Vote bill for the 2024 election.<br /> <br />There have been hundreds of unsuccessful proposed amendments to modify or abolish the Electoral College - more than any other subject of Constitutional reform.<br />To abolish the Electoral College would need a constitutional amendment, and could be stopped by states with less than 6% of the U.S. population.<br /> <br />Instead, state legislation, The National Popular Vote bill is 73% of the way to guaranteeing the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country. <br />The bill changes state winner-take-all laws (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), without changing anything in the Constitution, using the built-in method that the Constitution provides for states to make changes.<br /> <br />It requires enacting states with 270 electoral votes to award their electoral votes to the winner of the most national popular votes.<br /> <br />All voters would be valued equally in presidential elections, no matter where they live.<br />totohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12247335901450384827noreply@blogger.com