06-30-2017, 10:46 PM
(06-30-2017, 10:35 PM)Vlad Wrote:
You're right, but you would have to agree that it surely must be within the scope of the Federal Governments powers to assure that there are fair elections when it pertains to the election of a president.
Probably in those statutes you speak of.
If someone wants to assert that its none of the federal governments business on how states elect governors or other state officials, I'm not gonna argue.
Actually, I disagree entirely. The Constitution is clear that it is up to the state to decide how to choose their electors, and so it is entirely up to the states to oversee that process. If a state legislature gives that authority to the governor then that is completely acceptable according to the US Constitution, no vote necessary. The governor could choose all of the electors themself.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
