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Harry Reids "Nuclear Option"........Too Funny

Mike

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http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/11/20/harry-reids-rule-change-comes-back-bite-dems-another-bitter-pill-414634
 

Tam

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Harry believed the liberal media when they told everyone the Republicans were dead and would never be a factor again, that is why he changed the rules. But what the Media and Dirty Harry did not take into consideration was the anger that came about due to 8 years of FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORMING the US. and the media's continually cheerleading of the Progressive Lefts Agenda.

The Media and the liberal left are now promoting the idea of destroying the Electoral College as if it wasn't for it the Liberal based East and West Coastal cities would be the only ones truly represented. All you have to do is look at the Counties that Hillary won compared to the ones Trump won as By County there are very few blue compared to Red but those very few Blue counties contain BIG CITIES all she would have needed if it wasn't for the Electoral college. Thank God the forefathers made it necessary to have a very large amount of the States signing on to changing the way the vote is counted or the Dems would have the vote changes like Harry did the Senate TO SUIT THE DEMS.
 

Steve

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The Media and the liberal left are now promoting the idea of destroying the Electoral College as if it wasn't for it the Liberal based East and West Coastal cities would be the only ones truly represented. All you have to do is look at the Counties that Hillary won compared to the ones Trump won as By County there are very few blue compared to Red but those very few Blue counties contain BIG CITIES all she would have needed if it wasn't for the Electoral college. Thank God the forefathers made it necessary to have a very large amount of the States signing on to changing the way the vote is counted or the Dems would have the vote changes like Harry did the Senate TO SUIT THE DEMS.

liberals do not care about the Constitution , nor the wisdom of the funding fathers

The electoral college vs. the popular vote: Could states do an end-run around the current system?

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Amending the constitution to change the way we elect the president would be difficult. It requires require a two-thirds vote by the House and Senate and support from three-fourths of state Legislatures. Since that is a high threshold, advocates for electing the president based on the national popular vote have looked for other paths.

An effort known as The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among several U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote. Once states totaling 270 electoral votes join the compact -- which only requires passing state laws -- then the next presidential election will be determined the the popular vote, not the Electoral College."

Over a decade, 10 states and the District of Columbia -- which add up to 165 electoral votes -- have passed laws to join the compact. So 105 more electoral votes are needed before it can go into effect.

The current states in the compact are Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, Vermont, California, Rhode Island and New York.

Congressional consent

But that still leaves a key question: If the compact ever got to that 270-threshold, could states award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, or would Congress need to sign off?

If the compact ever meets that benchmark, it’s likely that someone would file a challenge. It’s likely the U.S. Supreme Court would have to rule on whether the system is permissible.

The Compact Clause of the Constitution states that "no state shall, without the consent of Congress enter into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign power." The courts have ruled in the past that if federal supremacy is threatened, then congressional consent is required for a compact to be valid.
 

Brad S

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The actual popular vote is never really known. California never counts the service votes because the election is over and insurmountable liberal. I'm not sure this popular vote deal works
 

Steve

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Brad S said:
The actual popular vote is never really known. California never counts the service votes because the election is over and insurmountable liberal. I'm not sure this popular vote deal works

An acquaintance at the county election board said the absentee ballots are only counted if the vote is closer then the ballots remaining, then the provisional ballots are looked at next and finally the challenged ballots.. It is considered a waste of money if they can not change the outcome.

most service members ballots are throw out, mostly due to the return of the sample ballot to an old address. For all of my time in the military I had South Dakota residency, but not a current South Dakota address, so my absentee ballot was tossed. I takes a bit of effort for most to keep it valid and most do not know it isn't valid. Liberal states will allow in person provisional ballots, but often not absentees when the address does not match..
 
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