Breitbart: The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation seeking to award its electoral votes to whomever the wins the popular vote.
House Bill 177 passed with a 51-46 vote in the Democrat-majority House after being handed off by the Privileges and Elections Committee last week. Should the Senate also approve, Virginia will officially become part of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
“Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia,” a bill summary states. Further:
The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President’s term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term.
So far, 15 states, along with Washington D.C., have joined. The idea gained momentum as an answer to President Donald Trump’s electoral college victory over Hillary Clinton in 2016, despite her approximately three million popular vote lead.
Breitbart News Senior-Editor-at-Large Joel Pollak explained why many critics feel the popular vote could disenfranchise voters outside of major population centers, especially in a close election: read more
This is not good.
Mob rule.
Cut their federal funding now! Challenge the whole thing in court. Hold off the 2020 election until all States are on board with holding legal, proper, Constitutional elections!
Good.
I’m tired of all this representative government.
/sarc
If every last republican would vote we would defeat this effort. The problem is, the popular vote isn’t officially counted so I don’t know what legal basis there is for this. Most likely, the governor will just proclaim the democrats won no matter what really happens.
Well in 2020 Virginia will have to give all its electoral votes to President Trump ‘cuz it is going to be a landslide across the nation.
TRUMP 2020-50
Unconstitutional. All for show. It’s unconstitutional. But, look who supports this travesty. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would not approve and neither should the citizens of Virginia.
“…an agreement between states to pool their electoral votes and voting results together into one aggregate pot. The candidate with the majority receives all electoral votes. States who have formally joined the compact represent 184 electoral votes. The compact becomes official when that number hits 270, or enough votes to elect President of the United States.”
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/03/delaware-throws-in-with-popular-vote-states/
Add Virginia’s electoral votes to 184 + 13 = 197.
The Supreme Court needs to kill this POS.
One step closer to civil war. I most certainly hope it never comes to that but the handwriting on the wall is coming into focus more and more.
So Trump will get Virginia’s electoral votes now! That’s gonna piss them off
When tyranny reigns, true American patriots will cast their votes via a time honored method.
This will come around to bite the Virginia LibTard DildoCrats in the ass when the popular vote goes to President DJ Trump. And THEN watch the hollering, screaming, weeping, and wailing. (I can’t wait!)
Be careful what you vote for and enact.
The Immutable Law of Unintended Consequences is always in play, and can NEVER be revoked!
Those same Founding Fathers who understood the need to impeach Trump were wrong about the Electoral College?
How can this be so. Any citizen of those states participating has standing to not have their franchise diminished without an amendment to their state constitutions.
It disenfranchises the votes of Virginia as they will be discarded for whatever California and New York decide for them.
I can’t imagine how this is at all legal.
@mithrandir February 13, 2020 at 12:22 pm
> It disenfranchises the votes of Virginia
Awww…! You think the “citizens” of Virginia can vote their way out of this!
Come ‘ere, you! Lemme’ tousle that hair! For luck! (No Biden.)
Everyone in Virginia who votes Democrat will get a free can of Shinola, the brand preferred by Governor Coonman to party like it’s 1860.
It the Assocrats in Virginia don’t like here, they can move to Canada, Cuba, or China.
How has this not been challenged in court? This goes against the fundamental basis of our representative republic.
U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 10, Clause III:
“No state shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with another state.”
Well it doesnt mean the electors will follow the law. Weren’t the Dems trying to get electors to change their vote in 2017?
Wasn’t it California and Oregon that have already tried this and it got shot down in a district court as being unconstitutional?
Then they should not be allowed to participate in the 2020 election.
This is why POTUS should be actively courting voters in California. Left coast time zone voters often don’t vote bc they think it does not really count since the state goes blue anyway. More important than ever to GOTV.