From National Popular Vote <[email protected]>
Subject Courts unwilling to remedy presidential election system
Date June 26, 2021 9:37 AM
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The person who gets the most votes should become President. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ For easy sharing - View as Webpage State Legislative Action is the Only Realistic Way to Get a Popular Vote for President The U.S. Supreme Court has just recently refused to hear a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the current "winner-take-all" method of awarding electoral votes. Winner-take-all laws give all of a state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who gets the most popular votes inside each separate state. The lawsuit was initiated by Harvard Law Professor Larry Lessig and his Equal Citizens group. The lawsuit was an attempt to reform the method of electing the President by judicial action. The lawsuit argued that winner-take-all disenfranchises all the voters who didn't support the leading candidate in their particular state. CNN story Now that the judicial route has been foreclosed, the only realistic way to get a national popular vote for President is through state legislative action. That is why National Popular Vote has worked tirelessly since 2006 to advance the National Popular Vote Compact in state legislatures across the country. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that states have exclusive and complete power over their own electors. As far back as 1892 in McPherson v. Blacker the Court ruled that the states determine how we elect the President. The Court said “...the appointment and mode of appointment of electors belong exclusively to the states under the constitution of the United States." So far, 15 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted the National Popular Vote Compact into law. Together these states have 195 electoral votes. The Compact will take effect when passed by states with 270 electoral votes. There are a total of 538 electoral votes, so there are 343 possible additional electoral votes. We need states with just 75 electoral votes to put the Compact into effect. Read National Popular Vote's discussion of Prof. Lessig's lawsuits. LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE · One-page description of National Popular Vote · Introductory video (8 minutes) · Watch our myth-busting webinar hosted by National Popular Vote's grassroots director Eileen Reavey · Watch Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President · Watch Prof. George Edwards III, author of Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America · Podcast with Jason Harrow, Executive Director of Equal Citizens and National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza · Listen to Open Mind podcast in which Alexander Heffner interviews National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza (also on Spotify) · Watch Michael Steele, former Chair of the Republican National Committee · Watch Rick Tyler, author of Still Right, and Saul Anuzis present the conservative case for electing the President by National Popular Vote · Watch debate at R Street between National Popular Vote's Eileen Reavey and Patrick Rosenstiel and NPV's opponents Tara Ross and Trent England Answers to 131 myths · Watch video of the 270-by-2024 virtual conference, with 16 speakers, hosted by National Popular Vote, FairVote, Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and Equal Citizens National Popular Vote | Box 1441, Los Altos, CA 94023 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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