We are part of a representative republic, a greater form of government that democracy because it is a system that protects the minority. The framers of the constitution knew well that great differences in politics were present between urban and rural voters, and even if the urban voters outnumbered those living in rural areas, those rural voters still needed to be represented, so each person’s vote was given different weighting with respect to how many votes it takes to elect a delegate.

The problem with going to a NPV system is that the issues matter to rural Americans will be largely ignored because a candidate only needs to get 50% + 1 vote. It will be far easier to build a constituency pandering only to the more liberal urban population than by having a conversation with the entire country.

We are a country that has many different ideas about which direction to head, and the minority must have a voice. This plan effectively shuts out that minority in 2 of the 3 branches of the Federal Government. More importantly, it undermines the basic tenets of our Republic.

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship.”

Alexander Fraser Tyler, “The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic”

So you want your vote to count double, right? How is that different from yelling, “Me First! Me First!” ???

If this bill passes the elections won’t be dominated by any states. States won’t matter. Only voters will matter. The election will be dominated by voters. Does that scare you?

I didn’t say the EC was “preventing the candidates from spending any time in those states.” Your post claims the the EC assures small states WILL get recognized. I pointed out that you were wrong because it has not helped most small states get any campaign visits or TV commercials or anything at all that would indicate they are being courted.

The EC does NOT help small states. Stop thinking in terms of states. Think in terms of voters. Do Republicans in NY feel empowered during Presidential electons? Do they feel empowered in Mass, or Maryland? Why should candidates be allowed to ignore those voters?

With NPV more people will vote, because every vote will count equally.

These people- Democrats- are thumbing their noses at the Constitution. Let’s not let them succeed. They need removed from from their position of attempted power.

Abregar: Candidates didn’t spend much time in the small states of ND, ID, WY, RI, DE, HI, AK, SD, NE, UT in the last few elections, did they? Research shows they don’t buy TV ads there either. The electoral college is not doing what you say it does. Hawaii has even passed this law!

Small states are already overrepresented in the government because they have two senators even if they have only one Congressman..

This is a pro-democracy bill. One person, one vote, no matter where they live.