From Eagle Rising
"In Chicago, the Precinct Captain sometimes goes into the polling booth to make sure the ghost voter votes correctly.” —Malcolm X
Warning
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a dangerous plan, called the National Popular Vote Plan: States will make the Electoral College irrelevant by agreeing to award their electoral votes to whomever wins the popular vote in a presidential election. States agreeing to the plan do not, necessarily, award their votes according to the wishes of their state’s voters!
California’s lack of a voter-ID law—which encourages illegal aliens to vote and also allows dishonest citizens to vote more than once—means that illegal votes in California would be added to the national popular vote total, thus triggering an electoral landslide based upon a corrupt national popular vote. The Electoral College, which originally could be depended on to act as a check against such corruption, loses its relevance.
The Consideration
The Electoral College in the Constitution was a compromise made with consideration to small states. The number of electors is determined by adding the number of Representatives to the number of Senators for a given state. Thus, Rhode Island receives three electoral votes, rather than only one; 1/435 is what would be the ratio of representation if a direct-proportion model of representation were used; but Rhode Island is represented within the Electoral College at a ratio of 3/535—which is significantly better, giving such a small state more power to tip the scales in a close election. The impact of this arrangement on large states is one of diminishing their power relative to the small states, giving California, for example, a 56/535 ratio instead of 54/435.
President John Kennedy once said, “Direct election would break down the federal system under which states entered the union, which provides a system of checks and balances to ensure that no area or group shall obtain too much power.” This is a statement in support of the Electoral College. But what Kennedy does not explain, because he never needed to, is why the new by-pass plan is dangerous. Such a plan was unthinkable in Kennedy's day."
Warning
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a dangerous plan, called the National Popular Vote Plan: States will make the Electoral College irrelevant by agreeing to award their electoral votes to whomever wins the popular vote in a presidential election. States agreeing to the plan do not, necessarily, award their votes according to the wishes of their state’s voters!
California’s lack of a voter-ID law—which encourages illegal aliens to vote and also allows dishonest citizens to vote more than once—means that illegal votes in California would be added to the national popular vote total, thus triggering an electoral landslide based upon a corrupt national popular vote. The Electoral College, which originally could be depended on to act as a check against such corruption, loses its relevance.
The Consideration
The Electoral College in the Constitution was a compromise made with consideration to small states. The number of electors is determined by adding the number of Representatives to the number of Senators for a given state. Thus, Rhode Island receives three electoral votes, rather than only one; 1/435 is what would be the ratio of representation if a direct-proportion model of representation were used; but Rhode Island is represented within the Electoral College at a ratio of 3/535—which is significantly better, giving such a small state more power to tip the scales in a close election. The impact of this arrangement on large states is one of diminishing their power relative to the small states, giving California, for example, a 56/535 ratio instead of 54/435.
President John Kennedy once said, “Direct election would break down the federal system under which states entered the union, which provides a system of checks and balances to ensure that no area or group shall obtain too much power.” This is a statement in support of the Electoral College. But what Kennedy does not explain, because he never needed to, is why the new by-pass plan is dangerous. Such a plan was unthinkable in Kennedy's day."
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