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2016 Postmortem

brush

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29. Won't happen overnight, just as the end of slavery and the ban on women voting...

Reply to Yo_Mama (Reply #28)

Sat Jan 14, 2017, 05:45 PM

Jan 2017

jim crow and child labor and fixing other social ills didn't happen overnight.

You fight and protest and strategize and raise funds to continued the fight over the long haul.

Broad movement thinking, not single-day protest thinking has to prevail.

It'll happen eventually because the EC, as I said before, is archaic, absurd and unjust.

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Activist Files Federal Suit to Declare Electoral College Unconstitutional Under Slavery Ending Amend [View all] Iamaartist Jan 2017 OP

What an interesting idea! KittyWampus Jan 2017 #1

I haven't heard about this until now when I read the article Iamaartist Jan 2017 #2

Why would the media say anything on this? EL34x4 Jan 2017 #23

Saying that he has zero chance of prevailing is overstating his chances onenote Jan 2017 #3

The Constitution doesn't even mention the popular vote.... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #4

Does it mention the Electoral College? brush Jan 2017 #5

Yes, and it defines how it works... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #6

12th Amendment? Not in the original Constitution? brush Jan 2017 #9

12th Amendment only addresses how VP is elected vis-a-vis the Pres... Wounded Bear Jan 2017 #12

My question was really is the EC in the original Constitution or was it added later... brush Jan 2017 #16

The Constitution is readily available for free online tammywammy Jan 2017 #19

I think we all know that. I was just asking a simple question to those who responded... brush Jan 2017 #20

The answer is in Article 2. n/t tammywammy Jan 2017 #21

A simple yes or no would've done it. brush Jan 2017 #22

Yes. It also sets January 20 as the date the new president takes office onenote Jan 2017 #7

Nitpicking: yeah, but not right away. mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2017 #30

The Electoral College is sarisataka Jan 2017 #11

The electoral college is a vestige of slavery but this isn't going to work. Garrett78 Jan 2017 #8

How does one sarisataka Jan 2017 #10

Wishful thinking? Fairy dust? Good drugs? What a waste of money and time!!! n/t Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #14

Not fairy dust, more like angel dust. It's a (crack) pipe dream... nt dionysus Jan 2017 #15

Maybe not. It could hightlight the absurdity of the EC to people that don't know... brush Jan 2017 #17

Repeating a lie does not make it true. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #24

What's the lie you say is being repeated? brush Jan 2017 #25

Electoral college/presidential voting in Constitution was to protect slave states. Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #26

No matter. The EC is still absurd and archaic. It needs to be adjusted or ditched... brush Jan 2017 #27

It will take a constitutional amendment, and I don't see why WI, RI, ND etc Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #28

Won't happen overnight, just as the end of slavery and the ban on women voting... brush Jan 2017 #29

a lawsuit that is summarily dismissed isn't going to help get an amendment passed. onenote Jan 2017 #31

I didn't say that. It'll take a concerted movement to make it happen . . . brush Jan 2017 #32

The Crazy, it is strong in that one. n/t Yo_Mama Jan 2017 #13

It would be better to increase the size of Congress Retrograde Jan 2017 #18

Maybe if they tap their heels 3 times... jmg257 Jan 2017 #33