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NPVIC is state level-electoral meddling exactly on a par with what 45 tried in Michigan and Georgia, and aiming for the same outcome. The democrats pushing for
by jacinabox 6y ago
NPVIC is state level-electoral meddling exactly on a par with what 45 tried in Michigan and Georgia, and aiming for the same outcome. The democrats pushing for it are not trying to correct some abstract statistical imbalance or make it easier for third party candidates to get seats: they are trying to swing elections in those states democratic, pure and simple.
- gameswithgo 6y agoAny change to any voting system is likely going to benefit one party more than others, and said party will always be motivated for that reason. This is a given. This should not then imply that we never change how voting works. When republicans want to do the right thing for bad reasons, and when democrats want to do the right thing for bad reasons, roll with it.
- yokaze 6y agoHow is it state level meddling? It is up to the states to legislate how to appoint their electors: https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C2-1-2-1/ALDE_00001121/ https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S1-C2-1... Trump was not trying to change the respective laws in the states, but to get someone to change the outcome where they were not in his favour. _After the fact_. The NPVIC is designed that any change can only come in effect well before an election.