The first sign of tyranny is showing its ugly head. Maryland and now New Jersey have pushed through a law that would award their state's Electoral College vote to the presidential winner of the national popular vote.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59683
Folks, this move is completely unconstitutional.
Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution clearly states the following:
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.
The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.
Our founding fathers rejected Democracy as a form of mob rule and implemented a Constitutional Republic. They wanted to prevent the big states from controlling the rights of the small states. To put it in clearer terms, a national popular vote would have bill in New York City determine what is best for Farmer Bob in Kansas. The brilliance of this system makes sure that Farmer Bob in Kansas is just as equal to Bill in New York City They had the foresight and wisdom to understand that a national popular vote would hand control of the country to a tyrannical centralized government.
This is another disgusting ploy from the Democrat party to sabotage our time tested traditions, and guarantee that left leaning cities like Los Angeles and NYC control the rest of the country. Everyone needs to write, e-mail, or call their House of Representatives, Senators, and State Governors and protest this abhorrent move. I sincerely hope this issue will be brought up to the U.S. Supreme Court. We need to stop this now, before it gets out of hand.
https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Governors.shtml
S.D. for Two Joe Schmoes.
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