TheArstaInventor@thebrainbin.orgM to Politics@thebrainbin.org · 4 days agoWalz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkWalz says the Electoral College ‘needs to go’www.politico.comTheArstaInventor@thebrainbin.orgM to Politics@thebrainbin.org · 4 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days 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-squarederekabutton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoNo amendment necessary. Just a few more states need to join. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoThat still doesn’t get rid of it, it uses it and re-directs it.
minus-squarederekabutton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days 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.