mvymvy

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by mvymvy 11y ago
No. It's not unconstitutional. In the 1978 case of U.S. Steel Corporation v. Multistate Tax Commission, the compact at issue specified that it would come into force when seven or more states enacted it. The compact was silent as to th
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by mvymvy 11y ago
Congressional consent is not required for the National Popular Vote compact under prevailing U.S. Supreme Court rulings. However, because there would undoubtedly be time-consuming litigation about this aspect of the compact, National Popula
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by mvymvy 11y ago
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country. The national popular vote winner would receive all of the 270+ electoral votes of the enacting states. The bi
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by mvymvy 11y ago
A majority of the states appointed their presidential electors in the nation's first presidential election in 1789 by appointment by the legislature or by the governor and his cabinet. Presidential electors were appointed by state leg
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by mvymvy 11y ago
With National Popular Vote, big cities would not get all of candidates’ attention, much less control the outcome. 16% of the U.S. population lives outside the nation's Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Rural America has voted 60% Repub
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by mvymvy 11y ago
Count again. Of the 12 of the 13 lowest population states (3-4 electoral votes), 6 regularly vote Republican (AK, ID, MT, WY, ND, and SD), and 6 regularly vote Democratic (RI, DE, HI, VT, ME, and DC) in presidential elections. Similarly,
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by mvymvy 11y ago
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the majority of Electoral College votes and the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC. The national popular vote winner would receive all of th
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by mvymvy 11y ago
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC. The national popular vote winner would receive all of the 270+ electoral votes of the enacting state