Holy Smokes!I believe that is how we got it here, through referendum vote....the way it is set up now, defeats the whole purpose of setting up the EV in the first place... and these larger states like NY could go without a visit from either candidate if the EV's are a winner takes all guarantee, as they are now... EV's were meant to get candidates to need the EV Vote in BOTH smaller AND larger population states.... and ALL States involved and a part of the process and voice in electing our President....regardless, they would get the 2 electors representing senators, voting for the majority vote of the state, and if every state did it this way, I don't see why they would be butt hurt.... a democrat would definitely lose some electoral votes to the Republican candidate or third party candidate for certain in NY State, but the democratic candidate would gain some in other States...
You are thinking like a rational person, and not a partisan hack in a State that is safely one color for every presidential election.
Why settle for 1/2 the EV's or 2/3's when you can have them all?
IT'S NOT WORKING as the founders planned because State PARTIES have manipulated it in to the President being chosen before a good deal if not half of the states have even voted...
I just can't knock the feeling and thinking that this is just plain WRONG.
I agree it is wrong, however I don't see the individual State parties giving up their lock on EV's from the other side willingly.
California actually has a better shot at it than NY due to their popular referendum process.
doesn't new york have that process?
Not quite:
From ballotpedia:
According to the New York Constitution, a majority vote is required in two successive sessions of the New York State Legislature in order to qualify a measure for the statewide ballot.
So only measures with the approval of the very legislators you are trying to get around (twice!) can become a statewide referendum.