States Consider Toying With Electoral College

[Gato_Solo]

damn right!

my first choice would be making new england a sovereign nation... but that could get messy

i have absolutely no problems with the other regions of the country, btw... i just think interests in places like the midwest lie in much different directions then ours do... and, by the same token, they should be allowed to take things in the direction that they want without us crazy new englanders getting in the way

we can all still be friends

Okay. Let's look at your scenerio on another level.

Citizens decide to vote to make selling and using illegal drugs a capital offense. The measure passes with a 78% approval rating, so everybody in the state government has to side with the voters. Discuss...

 

[PT]

Okay. Let's look at your scenerio on another level.

Citizens decide to vote to make selling and using illegal drugs a capital offense. The measure passes with a 78% approval rating, so everybody in the state government has to side with the voters. Discuss...

You're going to have to expand a little there. If 78% of the vote goes one way then what is the problem?

 

[Gato_Solo]

You're going to have to expand a little there. If 78% of the vote goes one way then what is the problem?

There ain't no problem, according to brownie. Too bad we don't live in Democracy, or such laws would pass whether we liked them, or not...

 

[Professur]

damn right!

my first choice would be making new england a sovereign nation... but that could get messy

i have absolutely no problems with the other regions of the country, btw... i just think interests in places like the midwest lie in much different directions then ours do... and, by the same token, they should be allowed to take things in the direction that they want without us crazy new englanders getting in the way

we can all still be friends

With a sovereign Quebec to the north as a major trading partner. Sounds good to me.

 

[PT]

There ain't no problem, according to brownie. Too bad we don't live in Democracy, or such laws would pass whether we liked them, or not...

Such laws do.

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15709&highlight=missouri

 

[catocom]

Umm... every year is an election year, just not a presidential one.

caught me on that one.
I should have clarified it to say "presidential".
Of coarse it could make a diff in the house and senate, but I don't think
as big an impact as the pres. one.

 

[chcr]

caught me on that one.
I should have clarified it to say "presidential".
Of coarse it could make a diff in the house and senate, but I don't think
as big an impact as the pres. one.

Sorry cat, I was being facetious.