Forum Overview :: Balance of Power
 
50 States Compact and other actionable change by skip 07/29/2016, 7:07am PDT
In an effort to reduce bitching online about shit that doesn't matter and/or is overrated (trans/guns/abortion/Trump/DNC) and do something more actionable, I'm sharing this and may list other stuff as I find them.

For everyone's hand-wringing about the election, it will be decided by Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida. There's a law being approved by states to change how electoral votes are handed out. Basically, instead they would all go to the winner of the popular vote, regardless of who won which state. This doesn't matter so much for overall winner since popular and electoral vote rarely conflict, but it would mean that presidential candidates would actually have to campaign in states that have a huge chuck of the population that basically get ignored right now because they're solidly red or blue. It has 60% of the support it needs right now for critical mass and to make Congress go into hysterics:

1 Maryland 10 April 10, 2007
2 New Jersey 14 January 13, 2008
3 Illinois 20 April 7, 2008
4 Hawaii 4 May 1, 2008
5 Washington 12 April 28, 2009
6 Massachusetts 11 August 4, 2010
7 District of Columbia 3 December 7, 2010
8 Vermont 3 April 22, 2011
9 California 55 August 8, 2011
10 Rhode Island 4 July 12, 2013
11 New York 29 April 15, 2014
Total 165 (61.1% of the 270 EV needed)

The official site where you can harass your legislators here by putting in your zip code and sending an email to them and the Wiki article about the movement is here. It makes complete sense that solidly blue states would want this. I'm not sure why solidly red states haven't jumped on board since even more of them are ignored.


NEXT REPLY QUOTE
 
50 States Compact and other actionable change by skip 07/29/2016, 7:07am PDT NEW
    Fag. NT by Texas 07/29/2016, 7:30am PDT NEW
    If D's aren't retarded they'll back this hard like they should have after 2000 NT by skip 11/09/2016, 12:00pm PST NEW
        Unlikely to go anywhere by Rey Mysterio Jr. 11/09/2016, 7:06pm PST NEW
            Because rural voters are already overrepresented in the Senate and House by skip 11/09/2016, 7:57pm PST NEW
                The question is why would Republicans ditch a system that favors them NT by fabio 11/09/2016, 8:16pm PST NEW
                    They won't without a group of angry voters forcing their agenda. That's very NT by possible, clearly. 11/10/2016, 6:50am PST NEW
 
powered by pointy