tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941371200946626208.post5303786950689719871..comments2023-12-11T14:33:50.552-06:00Comments on Friendly Neighborhood Republican: Voting Rights Issue Minnesotans Should Act on NOWFriendly Neighborhood Republicanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01349972438818550823noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941371200946626208.post-47250648935031216592011-05-27T14:00:48.348-05:002011-05-27T14:00:48.348-05:00Article IV, Section 4) of the Constitution states,...Article IV, Section 4) of the Constitution states, "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government." We are a Representative Republic, not a democracy. <br /><br />We have states rights in this country, again guaranteed by the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. My post urges the people to contact their Representatives to ask them to vote down the bill in question. <br /><br />Think of it this way. If I had any drawing skills at all, I would make this a cartoon, but lacking that talent, I’ll write the scenario instead:<br /><br />All 50 states and the District of Columbia are out to dinner together. The waitress approaches the table and asks Minnesota, “What would you like to order?” Minnesota says, “I’ll just have whatever they’re having.”<br /><br />That’s unacceptable. Even though I have wholeheartedly disagreed with many of Minnesota’s votes over the years, I am not willing to give over the will of our people to the will of whatever the most popular votes in America want. We are not California. We are not New York. Those states wield tremendous power in national elections. We must remain individual for our own integrity and autonomy. <br /><br />To give in to this bill is to give up Minnesota's electoral votes, even if our people voted differently than the rest of the country. Good governance is undermined in this scenario because state's rights are circumvented to exclude the will of Minnesota’s people.<br /> <br />As Sheila points out in her article, other states are jumping on this bandwagon. I’m not really a bandwagon jumper. So I don’t like this bill.Friendly Neighborhood Republicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01349972438818550823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4941371200946626208.post-39265549319689009322011-05-27T09:51:52.233-05:002011-05-27T09:51:52.233-05:00So if Americans democratically, voluntarily amend ...So if Americans democratically, voluntarily amend their state constitutions so as to guarantee that the winner of the national popular vote is the person who becomes president, you feel good governance is undermined? (By contrast, then, I support democracy.)<br /><br />I recommend: http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/35733Gavin Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15612234548832060875noreply@blogger.com