Anonymous ID: 982e19 Jan. 30, 2019, 8:16 p.m. No.4972427   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2574

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oh and in some states they are trying to pass laws to go around the electoral college. Bills that would give the states electors to the person that won the popular vote nationwide, thus eliminating the rep balance between states, making California, Texas, New york and florida the states that choose the president.

 

Colorado lawmakers are sparring over a plan to bypass the Electoral College. Here’s what’s at stake.

Democrats aim to make the popular vote paramount in the U.S., but Republican state lawmakers counter that Senate Bill 42 would hurt less populous states like Colorado

Colorado’s Republican lawmakers launched stiff opposition Monday to a Democratic effort to join a nationwide compact aiming to ensure a presidential candidate who seizes the national popular vote also wins the presidential election.

 

Senate Bill 42 would essentially nullify the Electoral College system in such situations, including the 2016 presidential election. Democrat Hillary Clinton won the popular vote over Republican Donald Trump three years ago, but he took the presidency after winning the Electoral College vote.

 

The measure is among the top issues GOP state lawmakers are pushing back against this year at the Colorado Capitol. They claim Democrats are aiming to sidestep the Constitution and rewrite how elections are won and lost after the results in 2016. Republicans also warn that the legislation would effectively mean Colorado loses its voice on the national stage.

“It doesn’t matter what we vote, how we vote in Colorado if this bill passes,” argued Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican.

But Democrats claim the contrary, and say the effort is about ensuring that every vote counts in the way it’s supposed to.

 

https://coloradosun.com/2019/01/28/colorado-national-popular-vote-bill-explained/