The Broken Electoral College
George Washington was not elected by the majority of the 3 million people living in the 11 states that had ratified the already ratified the Constitution, He was elected by 69 electors that had been chosen by the legislatures of the states
One elector was chosen to represent a each of the 47 Congressional Districts and 2 additional electors were chosen at large to represent the states.
The electors were the men considered to be the most qualified to vote for and behalf of the people in their Congressional District,
The first 69 electors were men who had served as elected officials before the ratification of the Constitution. Many of them had been signers of the Declaration of Independence and had fought in the Revolutionary War,
They were chosen to prevent a nation consisting of millions of uneducated and uniformed voters from choosing who would be President.
After tge election of 1824, the electors were no longer chosen to represent individual districts, they were chosen to represent the popular will of the majority,
Sometime after the election of Andrew Jackson political parties emerges and electors began to be chosen by the political parties, rather than the being elected by the people.
By choosing electors on a statewide basis, the method of allocating electoral votes gave all of the electoral votes to the candidate who won the state's popular vote.
This winner take all system gives all of the votes to the winning the most votes while completely disenfranchising all of the other candidates,
The wisest man are no longer representing the people as electors, instead the electors are chosen by the political parties,
According to the Constitution electors the legislatures of the states have the responsibility to decide how the electors in their states shall be chosen, The states can not lawfully transfer this authority to the political parties.
The Presidential election is held in 438 Congressional Districts and each district in entitled to 1 vote and each state is entitled to 2 additional votes to represent states at large.
The Direct Election of Senators
Has Opened the Door to Organized Crime
The government created by the Constitution has become a gigantic crime syndiate where the Wall Street Corporation and financial institutions have seized control and are exploiting the people.
Until we take the money out of politics we will
continue to be governed by the financial elite.
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on your state in the upper right hand side of the page
| 1. | Texas Senate | $125,047,648 |
| 2. | Florida Senate | $114,348,176 |
| 3. | New Jersey Senate | $52,146,561 |
| 4. | Missouri Senate | $51,568,832 |
| 5. | Arizona Senate | $49,371,804 |
| 6. | Indiana Senate | $43,064,931 |
| 7. | Nevada Senate | $40,475,936 |
| 8. | Wisconsin Senate | $39,934,701 |
| 9. | Massachusetts Senate | $38,308,772 |
| 10. | Ohio Senate | $36,891,613 |
| Name | Total | Pct of Total** |
|---|---|---|
| Doug Jones (D-AL) | $16,013,991 | 83.9% |
| Claire McCaskill (D-MO) | $15,552,259 | 60.5% |
| Sherrod Brown (D-OH) | $10,123,720 | 46.0% |
| Jon Tester (D-MT) | $9,880,525 | 78.5% |
| Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) | $8,603,470 | 72.2% |
| Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) | $8,387,853 | 60.7% |
| Bob Casey (D-PA) | $6,895,237 | 39.0% |
| Tim Kaine (D-VA) | $6,510,604 | 65.0% |
| Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) | $5,866,285 | 91.6% |
| Bill Nelson (D-FL) | $5,741,538 | 44.1% |
73% of the money raised to elect
Diane Feinstein came from out of state donaor
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Take the Money Out of Politics
In order to create a more perfect union we need to take the money out of politics and get rid of political parties, The Wall Street Bankers and their lawyers now control the political parties and all of the candidates. The Presidency and the seats in Congress are purchased by an oligarchy of rich and powerful individuals and corporations.
In a republican form of government the President is supposed to be elected by electors who are chosen by the people in each of the Congressional Districts,
By abolishing the political parties the 538 Presidential electors have a convention to elect the President. The hundreds of millions of dollars spent by candidates to get elected would be eliminated and best candidate would emerge victorious.
If the elector in each Congressional District were to nominate 3 candidates to represent their district and the people could hold a election to fill their seat in the House of Representatives.
The electors could be current or former members of their state legislature or retired U.S. Congressmen or women.
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