January 17, 2019
National Popular Vote - an Idea whose Time should never come
Timothy Birdnow
The Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly's organization, has an interesting essay against the National Popular Vote. I recommend everyone read it.
Here are a few excerpts:
As author Janine Hansen points out, Hillary would now be President solely on the basis of the popular vote, a vote that may well have been stolen via illegal voting.
The framers of the Constitution did not want the United States to be a centralized imperium but rather a federated, diffused system with checks and balances. The Electoral College system was designed precisely with that in mind. The large states cannot dominate the small states, and the states control their own electors and how they are chosen as opposed to a national system run from Washington. In point of fact, South Carolina did not even have a popular vote as late as 1860; the state legislature chose the presidential electors. That was as it was intended; America was not supposed to be a democracy - rule of mob - but a representative republic.
We never would have HAD an United States if we had popular vote; states like Rhode Island would never have joined.
Another matter; how do you guarantee one man one legal vote? We never really do know the exact tally on the popular vote, because it is too chaotic to get an accurate count. Generally once the numbers are high enough to call a state the vote tally either stops or is largely done as a formality, without much effort put into it. If anyone thinks the NPV will improve things on election night they are sadly mistaken; all of our elections will become chaotic, and every vote will be thrown into the courts.
It's a terrible idea whose time should never come.
The Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly's organization, has an interesting essay against the National Popular Vote. I recommend everyone read it.
Here are a few excerpts:
The Electoral College protects us from Vote Fraud providing 51 individual elections in the states and District of Columbia not just one election which can more easily be stolen. The Electoral College protects us against the instability of nationwide recounts and endless lawsuits. The Electoral College has worked well for over 200 years providing a peaceful transfer of power.
NPV would make Nevada and other small population states meaningless flyover states for presidential elections. Only the big population states would matter…California, New York, etc.
National Popular Vote allows Vote-Stealing and the compiling of Fake majorities. If a state signs onto the NPV Compact, and a majority of their voters do not vote for the nationally declared "popular vote majority†candidate, their Electoral Votes are stolen, and added to the declared "popular vote majority†candidate. In 2016 that would have meant Hillary Clinton. Consider that NPV would increase the stakes for Vote Fraud leading to more political corruption.
The National Popular Vote Compact Violates the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution in Article I Section 10 Clause 3, "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress…enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State…†because Congress has never agreed to a National Popular Vote Compact. However, they are moving ahead ignoring Congress’ Constitutional role.
The NPV Compact states, that once States with electoral votes equaling 270 enact the Compact, it will become the law without ever passing Congress and without being sent to the states for ratification as required to amend the U.S. Constitution. The National Popular Vote Compact is an end run around the Constitution.
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NPV eliminates the geographic balance provided by the Electoral College which makes all regions of the country, states both small and large, liberal or conservative important in the Presidential election.
NPV would make Nevada and other small population states meaningless flyover states for presidential elections. Only the big population states would matter…California, New York, etc.
National Popular Vote allows Vote-Stealing and the compiling of Fake majorities. If a state signs onto the NPV Compact, and a majority of their voters do not vote for the nationally declared "popular vote majority†candidate, their Electoral Votes are stolen, and added to the declared "popular vote majority†candidate. In 2016 that would have meant Hillary Clinton. Consider that NPV would increase the stakes for Vote Fraud leading to more political corruption.
The National Popular Vote Compact Violates the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution in Article I Section 10 Clause 3, "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress…enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State…†because Congress has never agreed to a National Popular Vote Compact. However, they are moving ahead ignoring Congress’ Constitutional role.
The NPV Compact states, that once States with electoral votes equaling 270 enact the Compact, it will become the law without ever passing Congress and without being sent to the states for ratification as required to amend the U.S. Constitution. The National Popular Vote Compact is an end run around the Constitution.
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NPV eliminates the geographic balance provided by the Electoral College which makes all regions of the country, states both small and large, liberal or conservative important in the Presidential election.
As author Janine Hansen points out, Hillary would now be President solely on the basis of the popular vote, a vote that may well have been stolen via illegal voting.
The framers of the Constitution did not want the United States to be a centralized imperium but rather a federated, diffused system with checks and balances. The Electoral College system was designed precisely with that in mind. The large states cannot dominate the small states, and the states control their own electors and how they are chosen as opposed to a national system run from Washington. In point of fact, South Carolina did not even have a popular vote as late as 1860; the state legislature chose the presidential electors. That was as it was intended; America was not supposed to be a democracy - rule of mob - but a representative republic.
We never would have HAD an United States if we had popular vote; states like Rhode Island would never have joined.
Another matter; how do you guarantee one man one legal vote? We never really do know the exact tally on the popular vote, because it is too chaotic to get an accurate count. Generally once the numbers are high enough to call a state the vote tally either stops or is largely done as a formality, without much effort put into it. If anyone thinks the NPV will improve things on election night they are sadly mistaken; all of our elections will become chaotic, and every vote will be thrown into the courts.
It's a terrible idea whose time should never come.
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For sure! In fact, the Electoral College was one of the few things the Founders unanimously agreed on.
This is another example of the Left's desire to change the rules when they lose a contest. I had an aunt like that -- you never wanted to play cards with her.
But a card game is one thing. Voting is another. We are rapidly becoming a banana republic if the Left has its way. We need to carefully watch this bunch of "freshmen" House members. Indeed, I dearly hope that Nancy Pelosi keeps in mind the saying that "what goes around, comes around." The Democrats expect now to be in power forever, but it never works out that way.
This is another example of the Left's desire to change the rules when they lose a contest. I had an aunt like that -- you never wanted to play cards with her.
But a card game is one thing. Voting is another. We are rapidly becoming a banana republic if the Left has its way. We need to carefully watch this bunch of "freshmen" House members. Indeed, I dearly hope that Nancy Pelosi keeps in mind the saying that "what goes around, comes around." The Democrats expect now to be in power forever, but it never works out that way.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at January 17, 2019 11:35 AM (rIYC+)
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