We Can Never Lose Another Election

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FRIENDS, WE MUST URGENTLY BEGIN EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE
CRITICAL ROLE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY IN BLUE STATES
WHERE THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN UNDERMINED TO THE DETRIMENT OF LOCAL VOTERS.


The Electoral College ensures that smaller states, and less urban
areas within larger states, have a voice in presidential elections,
_preventing the dominance of densely populated urban centers which
typically lean Democrat_. If we allow Democrats to continue their push
against this system without opposition, we risk losing this essential
balance of power.

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS DESIGNED BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS TO PROTECT
AGAINST THE TYRANNY OF THE MAJORITY AND ENSURE THAT ALL REGIONS OF THE
COUNTRY MATTER IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS. LOSING EVEN ONE ELECTION CYCLE
COULD LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES, POTENTIALLY ELIMINATING THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE, THUS STRIPPING AWAY THE REPRESENTATION OF MILLIONS
LIVING OUTSIDE MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS. WE CANNOT AFFORD THIS LOSS;
OUR COMMUNITIES MUST BE INFORMED, MOBILIZED, AND READY TO DEFEND THIS
CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC.
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SENATE DEMOCRATS PROPOSE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO ABOLISH ELECTORAL
COLLEGE

_Republicans Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Trump have
defended the Electoral College as empowering smaller states._

Sam Dorman
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| Epoch Times | 12-17-24

Senate Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment on Dec. 16 that
would abolish the Electoral College and ensure the country’s
presidential elections were determined by the popular vote.

“It is time to retire this 18th-century invention that
disenfranchises millions of Americans,” Senate Judiciary Chairman
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a press release
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He and Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) proposed
the legislation after another proposal emerged in the House last week.

“No one’s vote should count for more based on where they live,“
Schatz said in the press release. ”The Electoral College is outdated
and it’s undemocratic. It’s time to end it.”

Article II of the Constitution establishes the Electoral College,
which directs states to appoint electors for casting votes for
president and vice president.

The practice has come under considerable criticism from Democrats such
as Durbin, who noted in his press release that he tried to abolish the
Electoral College in 2000.

“In all but five presidential elections, the winner of the election
received the most votes,” the press release read. “Two of those
five times came in the last 25 years, handing the presidency to
candidates the majority of voters rejected.”

The release was referring to former President George W. Bush and
candidate Donald Trump losing the popular vote in 2000 and 2016
respectively. In the most recent presidential election, Trump won 49.9
percent of the popular vote compared with Vice President Kamala
Harris’ 48.4 percent.

Trump has both supported and criticized the Electoral College in
social media posts. He said in 2012 that it was a “disaster for
democracy” and in 2019 said he “realize[s] the Electoral College
is far better.”

He said that the “brilliance of the Electoral College is that you
must go to many States to win,” adding that without it, smaller
states would lose power.

Eliminating the Electoral College via constitutional amendment would
require state and national approval.

According to Article V of the Constitution, Congress can send the
issue to the states after two-thirds of both the House and Senate
approve an amendment. From there, three-fourths of the state
Legislatures or state ratifying conventions must also approve.

The House legislation is a joint resolution with proposed text for a
constitutional amendment. It reads
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in part: “The pair of candidates having the greatest number of votes
for President and Vice President shall be elected.”

The bill clarifies that the change would be enacted following
verification by three-fourths of state Legislatures.

The bill and amendment seem poised to fail with a Republican-dominated
Congress next year.

In October, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) panned a
call
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by his state’s governor to abolish the Electoral College.

McConnell said the Electoral College encourages candidates to travel
to smaller states. “At its core, the Electoral College protects
Americans from the whims of the majority, something I’m familiar
with in the Senate. ... Without it, no presidential candidate would
ever travel to a small state in Middle America, like Kentucky,” he
said.

Senate Democrats’ press release on Dec. 16 noted that 17 STATES AND
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA “HAVE JOINED A NATIONAL PLAN TO BYPASS THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE by agreeing to allocate its electoral votes to
whichever candidate wins the nationwide popular vote.”

That seemed to be a reference to the National Popular Vote Interstate
Compact, which has seen
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legislative approvals from multiple typically blue states since 2007.

In September, Pew Research Center said
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that more than SIX IN 10 AMERICANS SUPPORT THE POPULAR VOTE
determining who the next president is. ONLY 35 PERCENT FAVORED
RETAINING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

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