If I understand this right, the state of Louisiana is disenfranchising their voters in the presidential election. Instead of Louisianans votes determining where their votes are cast, the other 49 states would be the determining factor. At first blush, it sounds like their Electoral votes would be cast for the winner. Nope, that’s not what it says; it says the Electoral votes would go to the candidate that won the popular votes nationally. So, if neither candidate had a majority in the Electoral college, La’s electoral votes would go to the winner of the popular vote in the other 49 states, presumably to get them a majority in the Electoral College. Who would benefit from such a law? Certainly not Louisiana voters. It would benefit the Democrat Party States that have large cities. States like NY, IL, MA, MI and Calif figure to give Democrats large majority victories. It is possible for those large numbers to give the Democrats many more votes than smaller GOP states. So if these Democrat strongholds won the popular among the 49 states, they would get the Electoral College votes from Louisiana to put them over the top. How dirty can a dirty trick be before it is unconstitutional? Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 03:03:31 +0000 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Save The Electoral College! Southwest Louisiana Tea Party Fiscal Responsibility - Limited Government - Free Market A message to all members of Southwest Louisiana Tea Party Just received this from our friends are the Louisiana State Sovereignty Committee. Please take a few minutes to check it out. Steve -------------------------------------------------- Friends, The bill in Louisiana ’s Legislature to destroy the Electoral College (EC) as we have known it – a state-by-state election for president – has passed its committee obstacles in both the House and Senate. If it becomes law, Louisiana ’s EC votes for president will be given to the candidate who wins the most votes nationally, regardless of how we and our fellow Louisianans vote. It is imperative that we kill this bill to preserve the balance that the U.S. Constitution established between the large and the small, the urban and the rural states in the selection of a president. If we switch to a national vote for president, the large cities would mainly be responsible for who is selected every four years, since much of the U.S. population lives in them. Please call your state senators and representatives and ask them to oppose this legislation (in the House, it is numbered HB 388; in the Senate, SB 126): a phone call sends a more powerful, personal message than e-mail. But if you do not feel comfortable calling, then e-mail is perfectly fine. Whatever the method, our state legislators need to know that we do not want them tinkering with the U.S. Constitution in this manner. For information on how to contact your state rep and senator, click here: http://lassc.wordpress.com/government-officials/ Memorial Day reflections: Below are links to a couple of essays on foreign policy and freedom here at home for you to read. (The Abbeville Institute essay will only be available for a few more days. Read it while you can.) We owe it to our soldiers not to squander the freedom they have fought and died for. http://lewrockwell.com/raico/raico43.1.html http://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/feature.php Health Care Compact: The legislation that would have brought Louisiana into a multi-state agreement to shield us and other participating states from Obamacare (SB 206) has been withdrawn from further consideration in this session. Though it’s a disappointing outcome, I want to thank you for your help in pushing SB 206 in the Legislature. When this session is over, our focus needs to turn toward electing state senators and reps, a governor, etc. who have the courage to tell Washington, D.C., ‘No’ with or without other states standing by our side. If we don’t, they’ll fold as easily as Texas ’s state legislature did when confronted by the federal government over their legislation to restrict TSA searches: http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2011/05/30/the-time-is-now/ But that is an effort for later. For today, enjoy your time off! All the best, Walt Garlington Louisiana State Sovereignty Committee http://lassc.wordpress.com Visit Southwest Louisiana Tea Party at: http://lakecharlesteaparty.ning.com/?xg_source=msg_mes_network Contact Your Govt http://www.usa.gov/Contact.shtml For more info about Obama’s Private Army, google Healthcare legislation & Obama's Private Army And US Public Health Service Ready Reserve Corpse Patriot Freedom http://www.patriotfreedom.org/battlefield.php If a link above does not work, cut-and-paste to your browser. Please be aware that Barack Hussein Obama’s grandfather was a highly respected witch doctor with the Luo tribe. His white grandmother was VP at the Bank of Hawaii and she worked with and for Peter Geithner on other projects, Peter is the father of Timothy Geithner, Obama's choice of Treasurer of the US. 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