[EL] National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

[Richard Winger]

The US Supreme Court has permitted states to enter into compacts with other states, without congressional approval.  All the details are in the book the National Popular Vote publication has published.  It's a very big book and documented to the nth degree.

Richard Winger

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--- On Sun, 10/28/12, Gaddie, Ronald K. <rkgaddie at ou.edu> wrote:

From: Gaddie, Ronald K. <rkgaddie at ou.edu>
Subject: Re: [EL] National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
To: "Lillie Coney" <coney at lillieconey.net>, "'law-election at UCI.edu' (law-election at uci.edu)" <law-election at uci.edu>
Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012, 3:53 AM

"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector." Article II, Sec. 1, clause 2.

Then Article I, sec. 10, in the Compact Clause, that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State"

I leave it to the Constitutional scholars to hash this one out, but as to method, it seems that playing poker and a vigorous round of rock-papers-scissors are on the table as selection methods if states should so chuse. The phrases 'rational' and 'popular' appear in no particular proximity to these clauses.

Best,
~kg


Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
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Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:34 PM
To: 'law-election at UCI.edu' (law-election at uci.edu)
Subject: [EL] National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

This idea gained popular debate status after the very close outcome
of the 2000 Election. It is worth thinking about the real implications if
it were in place for a future election.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact

I have my doubts about it when this was proposed and after watching
this election year--it would further complicate what will be a hard fought
election to the very last vote.

Would it be Constitutional without an Amendment?
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