The Electoral College & Equal Representation
To the 116th Congress of the United States:
As you know, there has been a recent push by The Democrat Party to reform or eliminate the Electoral College. On January 29, 2019, the Colorado State Senate passed a bill, which would require Colorado Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote for the winner of the National Popular Vote. Additionally, other elected officials have called for the abolition of the Electoral College entirely.
This comes as a result of Donald J. Trump winning the Electoral College votes required and the 2016 election, despite Hillary Clinton winning the Popular Vote. President Trump had widespread support and won 2,626 counties across the country. Hillary Clinton's support was clustered under the same State Electors for the Electoral College, and she won only 487 counties.
The Electoral College is enshrined in our Constitution as a vital part of the system of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers designed. It was proposed by James Wilson and accepted by the Constitutional Convention. Our Founding Fathers supported the Electoral College because it compels Presidential candidates to address the issues that are important to all Americans, including those in smaller and more rural states, instead of addressing only the issues important to those in areas with concentrated or clustered populations.
The Electoral College is a critical tool that serves to broaden the Presidential campaign and give equal voice and representation to all Americans. It is particularly important for states like West Virginia because it gives the state a voice in Presidential elections. Without the Electoral College, smaller, less populated states, such as West Virginia or Wyoming, would have less influence on the National Political Discourse. The ideas and voices of the people of those States would be entirely excluded from the National Conversation, and become completely irrelevant in Presidential Elections. This is entirely unacceptable and our Founding Fathers sought to prevent this from happening.
Currently, 12 states and 172 Electoral Votes are moving to a system that makes them subject to the National Popular vote and will disenfranchise voters of states with lesser populations, forcing Americans' to forfeit their voice in Presidential Elections & their right to equal representation, over to states with higher populations like CA, NY, FL, etc.
The United States is a Constitutional Republic with democratically elected officials. The Republicans must fight The Democrat Party's most recent push to disenfranchise American Voters as vehemently & ferociously as they opposed The Democrat Party's previous disenfranchisement of Black American voters! Without an equal voice for all Americans, we are denied equal representation, which is Constitutionally obligated!
Furthermore, Americans previously fought the American Revolutionary War over the concept that no one should be taxed without equal representation: "No taxation without representation!" The Democrat Party's recent push to abolish and/or manipulate the Electoral College not only goes against our Constitution, it goes against the very ideas that founded our great Nation, and denies Equal Representation.
Therefore, We The People are asking The 116th Congress to protect the equal voice and vote of every American citizen of every State, our right to Equal Representation, and The Constitution of The United States of America, by creating and passing legislation that outlaws:
1) enacting State Laws that require a State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote against the State's Constituents and for the winner of the National Popular Vote, which violates the Constitution, subverts the Electoral College, and denies American citizens Equal Representation.
2) colluding with other states to violate the Constitution & subvert the Electoral College by forcing it's State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their State's votes according to the National Popular Vote, rather than for the constituents of the State, to affect the outcome of an election.
To the Democrat Party attempting to disenfranchise American Voters again, by advocating the abolition of the Electoral College or implementing State laws to force the State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote for the winner of the National popular vote: please stop this and reverse course, concerning this issue and the #Resistance. Violating the Constitution, denying Americans equal representation, and disenfranchising American voters again to unfairly and unconstitutionally control the outcome of future elections will certainly cost your party dearly.
We are a two-party Nation meant to achieve balance through compromise, of which our politicians are elected to negotiate the terms! The American Electorate voted for Donald J. Trump in 2016. Democrats control the House. Republicans control the Senate. Work together to benefit all Americans of every State, as Constitutionally obligated!
As you know, there has been a recent push by The Democrat Party to reform or eliminate the Electoral College. On January 29, 2019, the Colorado State Senate passed a bill, which would require Colorado Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote for the winner of the National Popular Vote. Additionally, other elected officials have called for the abolition of the Electoral College entirely.
This comes as a result of Donald J. Trump winning the Electoral College votes required and the 2016 election, despite Hillary Clinton winning the Popular Vote. President Trump had widespread support and won 2,626 counties across the country. Hillary Clinton's support was clustered under the same State Electors for the Electoral College, and she won only 487 counties.
The Electoral College is enshrined in our Constitution as a vital part of the system of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers designed. It was proposed by James Wilson and accepted by the Constitutional Convention. Our Founding Fathers supported the Electoral College because it compels Presidential candidates to address the issues that are important to all Americans, including those in smaller and more rural states, instead of addressing only the issues important to those in areas with concentrated or clustered populations.
The Electoral College is a critical tool that serves to broaden the Presidential campaign and give equal voice and representation to all Americans. It is particularly important for states like West Virginia because it gives the state a voice in Presidential elections. Without the Electoral College, smaller, less populated states, such as West Virginia or Wyoming, would have less influence on the National Political Discourse. The ideas and voices of the people of those States would be entirely excluded from the National Conversation, and become completely irrelevant in Presidential Elections. This is entirely unacceptable and our Founding Fathers sought to prevent this from happening.
Currently, 12 states and 172 Electoral Votes are moving to a system that makes them subject to the National Popular vote and will disenfranchise voters of states with lesser populations, forcing Americans' to forfeit their voice in Presidential Elections & their right to equal representation, over to states with higher populations like CA, NY, FL, etc.
The United States is a Constitutional Republic with democratically elected officials. The Republicans must fight The Democrat Party's most recent push to disenfranchise American Voters as vehemently & ferociously as they opposed The Democrat Party's previous disenfranchisement of Black American voters! Without an equal voice for all Americans, we are denied equal representation, which is Constitutionally obligated!
Furthermore, Americans previously fought the American Revolutionary War over the concept that no one should be taxed without equal representation: "No taxation without representation!" The Democrat Party's recent push to abolish and/or manipulate the Electoral College not only goes against our Constitution, it goes against the very ideas that founded our great Nation, and denies Equal Representation.
Therefore, We The People are asking The 116th Congress to protect the equal voice and vote of every American citizen of every State, our right to Equal Representation, and The Constitution of The United States of America, by creating and passing legislation that outlaws:
1) enacting State Laws that require a State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote against the State's Constituents and for the winner of the National Popular Vote, which violates the Constitution, subverts the Electoral College, and denies American citizens Equal Representation.
2) colluding with other states to violate the Constitution & subvert the Electoral College by forcing it's State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their State's votes according to the National Popular Vote, rather than for the constituents of the State, to affect the outcome of an election.
To the Democrat Party attempting to disenfranchise American Voters again, by advocating the abolition of the Electoral College or implementing State laws to force the State's Electors for the Electoral College to cast their vote for the winner of the National popular vote: please stop this and reverse course, concerning this issue and the #Resistance. Violating the Constitution, denying Americans equal representation, and disenfranchising American voters again to unfairly and unconstitutionally control the outcome of future elections will certainly cost your party dearly.
We are a two-party Nation meant to achieve balance through compromise, of which our politicians are elected to negotiate the terms! The American Electorate voted for Donald J. Trump in 2016. Democrats control the House. Republicans control the Senate. Work together to benefit all Americans of every State, as Constitutionally obligated!
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