zantax
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Because that is the deal that was made by sovereign states in order to form this country, that’s why.
And they modified it with the 12th amendment in 1804… Doesn’t seem so sacrosanct after all…
Democrats have a chance to vote for who they want in the primaries. Maybe they should actually vote for somebody who can win.
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Yes it should… I want every vote to count. Who wouldn’t want this?
zantax
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Who said it was sacrosanct? It can be further changed with a constitutional amendment, good luck with that.
How would it be done any other way?
zantax
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Oh I don’t know, by state compact after packing the supreme court with leftists springs to mind.
States have always been free to determine how their electors vote… What prohibits them?
Its not truly proportional. Low-population states have a distinctive advantage.
dantes
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Do away with the EC and the only thing that matters is how many people vote for you. Do people outside the east and west coast vote? If they vote, they count. They matter.
How could it get any more even?
zantax
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The explanation is long and tedious, if you are really interested you can read why here.
http://harvardjol.com/2018/10/26/combination-among-the-states-npvic-unconstitutional/
adroit
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You’re right, I forgot about the allotment for senators.
Haha I know the author of that note.
He just graduated law school last year. Good for him, getting published in the Harvard JoL.
That doesn’t address the question. 29 states currently have laws controlling how electors vote. Are these laws unconstitutional?
zantax
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Had you bothered to read what I linked you would know the answer.
You linked to a student-written note. Its not exactly as persuasive an authority as you appear to believe.
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I read the entire piece… It makes the “argument” that the courts should decide that a compact is unconstitutional but is speculative as no court has made this determination. I can find plenty of articles supporting a compact.
Posted at the same time… But the publication said “Harvard” in the title… 
The author didn’t go to Harvard. He went to GW Law, and was a classmate of mine last year.
Congrats to him for getting his note published in the Harvard JoL, though. That’s not nothing.
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zantax
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shrug If you think you can get away with evading the amendment process to fundamentally alter the constitution of the United States, especially while the Supreme Court is majority conservative, you aren’t thinking. Like I said, you’ll have to pack the court with liberals to get away with it.
