The Movement To Skip The Electoral College May Take Its First Step Back

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  1. Bluesguy

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    Yea the voters have concerns. Do they want their state electors dictated by the votes of other states. Your state votes it's support for say Warren but the so-called national popular vote goes to Trump. How happy will your state be that your STATE has to vote for Trump? How long before the lawsuits and states dropping out? There are several weeks between the votes being cast and the Electoral College voting, will states on the losing side pass laws to change how their votes will be cast? And now it appears one is already posed to do so even before it is actually put in place.


    "In March, the state of Colorado handed a historic win to opponents of the Electoral College by becoming the first purple state to sign on to the National Popular Vote interstate compact. Next November, however, it could make history yet again by becoming the first state to renege on the agreement....

    ....Four of those states, including Colorado, joined the National Popular Vote movement just this year, but it remains a controversial issue — for example, it recently failed to pass in Maine and was vetoed in Nevada. And opponents in Colorado were upset enough about its passage that they are now actively trying to repeal the law. Earlier this month, the organization Coloradans Vote said it submitted more than 227,198 signatures to the Colorado secretary of state in an effort to subject the law to voter referendum in the 2020 election. With that number of signatures, chances are very good it will make the ballot, making it the first time voters in any state will vote directly on the National Popular Vote compact.

    https://fivethirtyeight.com/feature...lege-may-take-its-first-step-back/?yptr=yahoo
     

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