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Dick Morris: US Must Keep Electoral College



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.

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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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