Dick Morris: US Must Keep Electoral College
Tuesday, 15 Apr 2014 11:17 PM
By Bill Hoffmann
Democrats are plotting to rig the
presidential voting system to ensure that liberals win future elections,
veteran political consultant and Newsmax contributor Dick Morris says.
"We must not abandon the Electoral College," Morris told Ed
Berliner, guest host of "The Steve Malzberg Show" on Newsmax TV.
"The potential for Democratic
states to allow non-citizens to vote would permanently make for a Democratic
president," he said Tuesday.
In an exclusive column published
Tuesday on Newsmax.com, Morris says Democrats, partly funded by liberal
billionaire George Soros, are
pushing laws in each state legislature that would force the state's electors to
vote for the winner of the national popular vote.
The law has already passed in nine
states, representing 135 electoral votes. It has passed one house in another 10
states, representing 107 electoral votes. That's a total of 242 electoral
votes.
When the number hits 270, a
majority of the Electoral College, that will effectively amend the
Constitution, Morris writes.
"It means that if the
Electoral College stays in existence, it's vestigial, it's an
anachronism," Morris, once a top adviser to President Bill Clinton, told
Berliner.
If the Popular Vote Movement
succeeds, there would be nothing to stop Democrats from pushing non-citizens to
vote, he said. That's because the Constitution does not require that the
franchise be limited to citizens. It's up to the states.
"If the popular vote is all
that matters, won’t many blue states bulk up their popular vote totals by
letting non-citizens vote?" he said.
Electoral College
George Gresham was
a 2012 elector in (NY) for the Electoral College, and is a director
at the Children's Defense Fund.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Children's Defense Fund, People
for the American Way, and the Economic
Policy Institute.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Dolores
Huerta is a director at People for
the American Way, was a 2012 elector
in (CA) for the Electoral College,
and a co-founder for the United Farm
Workers.
Arturo S.
Rodriguez is the president of the United
Farm Workers, and a leadership council member for Change to Win.
Joseph T. Hansen
is a founding chairman for Change to Win,
a director at the Economic Policy
Institute, the president of the United
Food and Commercial Workers International Union, a member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and
Negotiations, and was a member of the President's
Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
John
H. Dyer is a member of the Advisory
Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, the Orlando (FL) mayor, and was a 2012
elector in (FL) for the Electoral
College.
Penny S. Pritzker
was a member of the President's Council
on Jobs and Competitiveness, the national finance chair, fundraiser for the
2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, a fundraiser, national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign,
a contributor for the 2013 Barack Obama
inaugural committee, the host for the Barack
Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, is the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce for the Barack Obama administration, a member
of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and married to Bryan Traubert .
Newton
N. Minow is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Bryan Traubert is
married to Penny S. Pritzker, and a commissioner
for the Public Building Commission of
Chicago (IL).
Toni Preckwinkle
is a commissioner for the Public Building
Commission of Chicago (IL), and was a 2012
elector in (IL) for the Electoral
College.
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