[blind-democracy] FW: Fix the Electoral College

  • From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 15:00:18 -0500

 

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Subject: Fix the Electoral College



 
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Enough is enough!



 
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We can and must fix the Electoral College.

 
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Whoever wins the most votes should be elected president. Please join the
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and end the Electoral College's
power to overturn the popular vote.

Why do this?

We believe every vote should count equally, regardless of where you live in
the United States - EVERY vote in EVERY state should matter in EVERY
presidential election. But thanks to the Electoral College, even though
Clinton won over 2 million (and counting!) more popular votes, the Electoral
College allowed Trump to win.

This is the fifth time in U.S. history, and second time in five elections,
where a presidential candidate who won the most popular votes lost the
election. As a result, presidential candidates have no reason to pay
attention to voters in states where they are safely ahead or hopelessly
behind. Instead, candidates focus on "swing states" while largely ignoring
the rest of the country.

 
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The winner-take-all Electoral College system that led to this
anti-democratic outcome must be changed, so that voters in all 50 states
have a say in choosing our president.

If we can get enough states to sign onto the National Popular Vote
Interstate Compact, our presidents will be elected by the national popular
vote - it would fix the problems of the Electoral College without needing to
amend the Constitution or go through Congress.

 
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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact would require states to award
all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the
national popular vote.

And we already have momentum to getting this enacted nationally: Right now,
ten states and the District of Columbia have joined the compact, possessing
165 electoral votes altogether.

Activating the National Popular Vote Compact would reshape our democracy for
the better. Not only would it ensure that the person who actually got more
votes wins the presidency, but it would also force candidates to spend time
engaging with voters in all 50 states, instead of just a handful of swing
states.

 
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