Nevada's Democratic Governor vetoes National Popular Vote legislation

May 30, 2019, 06:47 PM

Skins2881

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Originally posted by Il Cattivo:
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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Why would the state legislative want to abdicate, not their vote, but the people's vote, the very same ones that elected them?

You mean "if the majority are Dems, why would they want to discount the Republican votes in their states?" Think urban vs. suburban and rural for starters. You might also want to think in terms of the Dems' ongoing push to have illegals counted in the census for purposes of congressional seats aaaaaaaannddd.....electoral votes.

Not at all what I meant. If you toss all your EC votes to majority national vote, then what if your state voted D and the country voted R?

The states electorate is now bound by the popular vote, what if it is completely different results from state to countrywide? Do you think a voter (of any party) wants their vote to go to someone they are diametrically opposed to?

May 30, 2019, 06:54 PM

Il Cattivo

My mistake - I thought you were asking about the state legislators' motives rather than their judgement.

May 30, 2019, 08:36 PM

RNshooter

I guess we are going to find out if Clark County actually did destroy the gun registration records, as they were required to after registration was no longer the law.
Interesting times.
Edit: If the state preemption of local gun laws goes away is what I was alluding to.

Bruce

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May 30, 2019, 09:43 PM

TigerDore

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Originally posted by TSE:
I can't help wishing/hoping that Trump wins the popular vote in 2020 ...

If we have fair, honest elections in all 50 states, he will win the popular vote. In fact, I think there's a decent chance he actually won the popular vote in 2016, subtracting the illegal vote, the dead vote and the multiple personality vote.

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May 31, 2019, 07:50 AM

chellim1

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If we have fair, honest elections in all 50 states, he will win the popular vote. In fact, I think there's a decent chance he actually won the popular vote in 2016, subtracting the illegal vote, the dead vote and the multiple personality vote.

Yes. Voter fraud is a real thing.
California almost openly encourages illegals to vote.

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