September 27, 2011

Electoral College Reform to Preserve States' Rights

By Bruce Walker
Pundits and politicians are unhappy about how we elect the president.  State legislatures, which have the constitutional power to determine how their states' presidential electors are chosen, are currently looking at two different approaches to correcting perceived problems in the election process. The National Popular Vote Compact is a state law which would require the presidential electors of each state that pass it to award all of the state's electoral votes to that candidate who wins the national popular vote.  The compact would go into effect when states with a majority of the Electoral College all pass this compact law. The left wants a national democracy rather than a republic.  It is pushing this "reform" hard.  This plan is a bad idea.  Consider Article III of the bill, which provides that "[t]he chief election official of each state shall designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote as the 'national popular vote...(Read Full Article)