One of the biggest threats to our Republic is the current move to subvert the intent of the electoral college in presidential elections. States, like Maine, that are currently controlled by Democrats have been passing laws that would give their electoral votes to whichever candidate has the most popular votes, regardless of how the voters in their state voted. Twelve states have passed such laws so far, and Maine is about to, given that we now have a Democrat governor and Democrat majorities in both houses. -- Foundation for Economic Education
Very sad, @Ken Anderson and the voters of those states don't seem to realize that it totally invalidates their vote. It truly will be the end of the Republic.
Wherever Democrats get a majority, they are passing these laws. Once they take effect, there will no longer be any point in voting.
What is vitally needed IMO is a program aimed at guiding the new generations to fight against such assuages of Constitutional embezzlement. Frank
Once this becomes the standard there will never be anything but a Democrat/socialist President. And when they complete putting RankChoiceVoting into effect in the states there'll never be anything but Democrat/Socialist government in the United Socialist States of America.
It probably will be but since it doesn't technically remove the electoral college, the results aren't to be taken for granted.
As with several things, the Founders assumed we wouldn't be this stupid. It is one of several things about which they were in error. They were on the money with most of their decisions, however. I don't know what the basis of overturning the laws would be in court. I am no legal mind, but I think how the votes are divided is up to the states unless there is a Federal law against it.
That's what I'm afraid of unless the obvious intent is considered, which is to subvert the Electoral College. Although far more serious, it's a part of the same agenda that leads some states to lower voting ages so that the more easily influenced can be counted. Some states were proposing lowering the voting age to fourteen, although I don't think they did.
I think we bit the bullet on this one in Maine. According to Maine congressional rules, committee members have a few days in which they can reverse their votes or vote on an issue if they hadn't previously. Apparently, this issue has encouraged a lot of people to contact their representatives because, while it was previously voted out of committee as "ought to pass," two of the Democrat committee members reversed their vote and four cowardly Republicans, who were going to allow it to pass by not voting on it, which is what Maine Republicans often do, decided to vote no on it. People in Maine are far more conservative than their elected officials, but they vote stupidly. Most of the people who vote don't follow politics so they are taken in by a political ad that shows a gun-banning Democrat at a rifle range or otherwise expressing views that don't represent their voting patterns. Nevertheless, if enough states pass it for it to take effect, the effects will be seen on everyone in the country, particularly if they are not living in one of the four largest states, because their vote will be made to mean less if several smaller states allow the larger states to have their electoral votes.