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More than 20 experts from leading research and advocacy organizations proposed reform measures for North Carolina in a report titled “Blueprint for a Stronger Democracy” released Tuesday. The report zeroes in on policy discussions around voting, redistricting, campaign finance reforms and judicial accountability.
In addition to expertise from national organizations, such as the Brennan Center for Justice, the Voters’ Rights to Know Project and the Campaign Legal Center, the report showcases local input from groups including Common Cause NC, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Disability Rights North Carolina, Democracy North Carolina and the North Carolina Black Alliance. It’s coordinated by the Institute for Southern Studies and the North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections.
A woman holds an electoral map as results in the presidential election come in Nov. 8, 2016, at Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton s scheduled victory party at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
The Electoral College is under threat and the left is closer than it ever has been in getting rid of it.
This was the topic of an event Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, where speakers explained why the Electoral College is so important, how it has been a bulwark of a free society, and the increasing danger it faces from those who want to abolish it.
We Hear You: Voter ID, Clean Elections, and the Electoral College
As stated by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, pictured, it is insulting to suggest anyone could not get a free ID, reader Brian Reigart writes. And he is on the money in saying it’s about power and narrative. (Photo: Mark Robinson for NC)
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Letter to the editor: Outdated Electoral College should yield to popular vote
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The Legislature is considering An Act to Adopt the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The proposal commits each state to cast its electoral votes for the winner of the national popular vote. As soon as states controlling 270 electoral votes join, the compact goes into effect.
Electors are allocated according to each state’s representation in Congress: the number of House members (based on population) plus the number of senators (two). Maine, with two members of the House and two senators, gets four electors. California, with 53 members of the House and two senators, gets 45. (California has 39.6 million residents; Maine has 1.35 million.) In fact, the 21 least populated states collectively account for 37 million people – still short of California. But each of those states has two senators, giving those 37 million people 92 electoral votes. So, for example, a Mainer’s vote is worth 2.13