How America Can Rise Again- Interesting Atlantic Article

[Admiral Yi]

I believe many of the big states, certainly New York, California and Illinois support a constitutional convention on the EC issue.

You don't need a convention to amend the constitution.  Just hold a vote in the Senate, House, and 50 state legislatures.

[grumbler]

I believe many of the big states, certainly New York, California and Illinois support a constitutional convention on the EC issue.

You don't need a convention to amend the constitution.  Just hold a vote in the Senate, House, and 50 state legislatures.

Given the opposition by the smaller states, this would probably not fly.

I think a Constitutional amendment is a pipe dream for the near future.   Luckily, fixing the worst problems of the EC doesn't need an amendment.

[Sheilbh]

You don't need a convention to amend the constitution.  Just hold a vote in the Senate, House, and 50 state legislatures.

I know but I got my story wrong.  Apparently a number of states have passed a law that when states representing over 270 EC electors all have this law then they it'll come into action and will award all their electors to the winner of the national vote.