Michigan voters have long played a pivotal role in presidential elections, until now.
The House Elections Committee in Lansing recently approved House Bill 156, legislation which would enroll Michigan in the so-called “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,” which could soon be taken up on the House Floor.
It may sound innocent, but National Popular Vote is a left-wing scheme to take over states’ elections and fundamentally transform our constitutional system for electing presidents. If implemented, it would surrender Michigan’s considerable influence in this process to large population centers of the East and West coasts of the country.
In other words, Michiganders would be relegated from decisive swing state voters to mere bystanders in presidential elections.
No longer would Michigan’s fifteen electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins support from a majority of the state’s voters. Rather, they would be assigned to whichever candidate gets the most total votes across all the nation’s various state election systems.
Live In Michigan? Voice Your Concerns Here:
- Send emails to your Michigan legislators asking them to VOTE AGAINST National Popular Vote (HB 5343)
- Send a letter-to-editor to Michigan newspapers
More Info Here: https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state/mi
Don't live in Michigan, you can view the Above Link to check the status of your state!
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WOW these demoncrats will stop at nothing
THEY WILL NEVER STOP UNTIL WE STOP THEM!
This act is not Constitutional... In Fact, states don't need to hold popular votes for president, at all, The State Legislature and or Governor may appoint their 'Electors' without a single popular vote. States are supposed to elect the President, by directly appointing their Electoral College members, who then cast their vote for President as pledged... However, there have been instances where Electors have broken with their pledge to cast their vote for a candidate, not of the State's Choice. ...
The Electoral College System is a critical check and balance between small and large states. Once more, the US Constitution doesn't require a popular vote for the President. It doesn't require a State to obtain the vote of its citizens to assign its electoral vote to a candidate... it is totally up to the state legislature and Governor to determine how their electors are selected and committed to vote.
PS
If the States returned to the original method to appoint its Electors... the GOP having control of a majority of the state legislatures would be determining who is President... Trump would have won hands down. However, the DNC over time has passed state election laws that assign the State's Electors based on the State's popular vote for president... most states assign their electors on a winner take all basis.