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From your link, the definition of a Republican Form of Government is elaborated... > It is ESSENTIAL to such a government that it be derived from the great bod
by klyrs 2y ago
From your link, the definition of a Republican Form of Government is elaborated...
> It is ESSENTIAL to such a government that it be derived from the great body of the society, not from an inconsiderable proportion, or a favored class of it...
From this exerpt, it would seem that a popular vote compact would be more consistent with this definition than the status quo which concentrates voting power into rural populations.
- anon291 2y agoExcept each state has to be republican, not the United States as a whole
- klyrs 2y agoOh, but we were talking about the selection of the President of the United States. If that clause is truly about the state and not the whole of the country, then it isn't about the President.
- anon291 2y agoWhich is why I've been consistent in saying that the state legislatures can choose arbitrarily, but if they hold an election for electors then the electors must be selected using only votes from that state. They can avoid this by choosing not to hold an election. But if there's no election, then there's no national popular vote. Thus, in either scenario, there is no possibility of a national popular vote interstate compact.