Letter: Answers to Objections to The National Popular Vote
A Letter to the Editor from Rep. Raymond Gallison.
This letter is in response to a previous Letter to the Editor, A National Popular Vote Would Make Every Vote Count, submitted by Rep. Raymond Gallison. “This is unconstitutional” “This is the wrong way. We should have a Constitutional amendment” “This hurts small states” “Elections would be controlled by big cities” “The current system forces candidates reach out to all states” “It is rare that the popular vote winner loses” “The winner could win with a tiny percentage of the vote” “This encourages extremist candidates” “’Faithless electors’ will be a problem” “This undermines federalism.” “Campaign spending will skyrocket” “We are republic not a democracy” “This will result in mob rule” “This would produce a recount nightmare” “All …
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marina peterson
2:55 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Just heard from Janine Hansen at National Eagle Forum in Nevada (works with Phyllis Schlafly) and they are getting involved with the RI vote. Phyllis is a constitutional lawyer and they have been fighting this in every state. more ›