Comments on: Should Hilary throw in the towel? http://www.thebristows.com/blog/election-2008/should-hilary-throw-in-the-towel Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:16:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Jen http://www.thebristows.com/blog/election-2008/should-hilary-throw-in-the-towel#comment-12375 Jen Tue, 20 May 2008 16:24:56 +0000 http://www.thebristows.com/?p=412#comment-12375 I really hope Hilary doesn't quit the Democratic presidential race. I've been a Democrat in the past but may defect or not vote at all. I'm really ticked off she's not going to be the candidate. I really hope Hilary doesn’t quit the Democratic presidential race. I’ve been a Democrat in the past but may defect or not vote at all. I’m really ticked off she’s not going to be the candidate.

]]> By: mvy http://www.thebristows.com/blog/election-2008/should-hilary-throw-in-the-towel#comment-12133 mvy Thu, 08 May 2008 16:46:28 +0000 http://www.thebristows.com/?p=412#comment-12133 While the nomination process would still be in the hands of each party, the National Popular Vote bill being discussed state-by-state, is a promising approach for mending the Electoral College system, to make every vote equal in presidential elections. The bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and D.C.). Under the Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete) power to allocate their electoral votes, and may change their state laws concerning the awarding of their electoral votes at any time. Under the bill, all of the states' electoral votes in the interstate compact would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and D.C. The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes -- that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). In less than two years, the National Popular Vote bill has been signed into law in the small and large states of Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Illinois -- states possessing 19% of the electoral votes necessary to bring it into effect (50 of 270). The bill has passed one-sixth of the legislative chambers in small and large states of the U.S. -- one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, and Vermont. For more information, see www.NationalPopularVote.com While the nomination process would still be in the hands of each party, the National Popular Vote bill being discussed state-by-state, is a promising approach for mending the Electoral College system, to make every vote equal in presidential elections. The bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and D.C.).

Under the Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete) power to allocate their electoral votes, and may change their state laws concerning the awarding of their electoral votes at any time. Under the bill, all of the states’ electoral votes in the interstate compact would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and D.C. The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes — that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538).

In less than two years, the National Popular Vote bill has been signed into law in the small and large states of Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii, and Illinois — states possessing 19% of the electoral votes necessary to bring it into effect (50 of 270). The bill has passed one-sixth of the legislative chambers in small and large states of the U.S. — one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, and Vermont.

For more information, see http://www.NationalPopularVote.com

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