Colorado is joining a list of states attempting to overturn the way Americans have selected their presidents for over two centuries.
The Colorado Legislature recently passed a bill to join an interstate effort called the “interstate compact,” to attempt to sidestep the Electoral College system defined by the Constitution. Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, called the Electoral College an “undemocratic relic” and vowed to sign the bill into law.
So far, 12 states representing 172 Electoral College votes have passed the initiative into law. With the addition of Colorado (which has nine votes), that number will rise to 181. They need 270 for the compact to go into effect. It would then undoubtedly be challenged in the courts.
Some major voices on the left were gleeful about the potential change.
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5 comments:
It would give complete power to New York and California and take away the voice of all other states. Civil war would follow
The Dems leading this folly know just what they're doing, disenfranchising small states for the overwhelming popular votes coming from Dem strongholds like NY and CA. That's not the way the Founding Fathers meant it to be; it's the opposite.
That would be the demise of our Democracy and one party rule. This is what the Democrats want. COMMUNISM.
Would this not require a change in our Constitution?
Imagine that ,the person who gets the most votes for president actually becomed President. What a radical concept!
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