you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 11 points 3 days ago (6 children)

There is an interstate pact that has 82% of electoral college votes required to subvert the electoral college and elect the president via a national popular vote. With the blue tsunami this week, it could in theory reach 100%, in which case the odds of the US ever having a Republican president again drop significantly since the majority of recent Republican presidental wins have actually lost the popular vote.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    problem is the pact is unenforceable. if a purple state in the compact swings red, there's no guarantee they'll vote with the popular vote.

    it needs a constitutional amendment

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Well, no. The entire premise is that the states pass laws giving their EC votes to the winner of the popular vote. It’s not just a pinky promise lol. Those laws would have to be overturned by their state legislatures in advance.

    The only part that makes it a pact is that none of the state laws go into effect until enough other states pass their laws.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    Who enforces it when a state sends the wrong electors?? Scotus won't take jurisdiction over a matter exclusively within state law.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    The state Supreme Court….

    So yeah sure, the state could entirely flip their legislature and state Supreme Court and send faithless electors and have it ruled as fine. But if they had the numbers to do that, they’d have the numbers to just repeal the law in the first place.

  • source
  • parent