TheArstaInventor to [email protected] • 1 month agoWalz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’www.politico.commessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@jordanlundlink11•1 month agoHe’s not wrong, but it would take an amendment to do it as the EC is baked into the Constitution and we’re too divided to get an amendment passed. See also: Abortion rights, gun rights, Supreme Court reform, term limits.
minus-square@derekabuttonlinkEnglish9•1 month agoNo amendment necessary. Just a few more states need to join. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
minus-square@jordanlundlink2•1 month agoThat still doesn’t get rid of it, it uses it and re-directs it.
minus-square@derekabuttonlinkEnglish2•1 month agoRight. But then we don’t have to consider it. It will be ultimately ineffective and purely administrative.
He’s not wrong, but it would take an amendment to do it as the EC is baked into the Constitution and we’re too divided to get an amendment passed.
See also:
Abortion rights, gun rights, Supreme Court reform, term limits.
No amendment necessary. Just a few more states need to join. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
That still doesn’t get rid of it, it uses it and re-directs it.
Right. But then we don’t have to consider it. It will be ultimately ineffective and purely administrative.