Beaverton Hillsboro Republican Women
follow us on:
  • Home
  • For Members
  • Getting to Know Us
  • Call to Action Alert
  • In the News
  • Oregon Legislature
  • Resources
  • Events Calendar
  • Newsletter
  • BHRWF Photo Albums

HB3475National Popular Vote 

5/15/2015

0 Comments

 
House Vote Monday May 18th
Contact your House Representative
Find them here!

HB3475 will enact Oregon as a member of the Interstate Compact for agreement among the states to elect the President by National Popular Vote.

Personal Choice
Takes away the individual's ability to have their vote counted for Oregon's electoral votes because this agreement gives that power to the members of the Interstate Compact.
Fiscal Responsibility
The Interstate Compact will result in litigation. In the event of a protracted litigation process for President, the nation's peace may be at risk. This may be costly to both litigate and keep the peace during that time.
Limited Government
Under certain circumstances the National Popular winning Presidential candidate may select the electors to cast Oregon's electoral votes. (page 2 of this bill) This takes away Oregon's choice and control of their electors. This agreement attempts to limit action by future state governments regarding their ability to leave the compact.
Local Control
This bill takes away all local control for Oregon. In the event there is election fraud in any other member state, Oregon will have zero standing to contest that fraud. Yet that fraud may result in Oregon's electoral votes being cast for a different candidate than Oregon voters choose.
Free Markets
The Interstate Compact will localize the campaigning to the most populace urban areas of our country. It will favor governing officials to gives these residents more weight and favor from the government in order to garner their votes in future elections. Parts of the country that are more rural will be abandoned and without true representation of their rights.

 

Comments
As of March 2015, the compact had been joined by ten states and the District of Columbia. Their 165 combined electoral votes amount to 30.7% of the total Electoral College vote, and 61.1% of the 270 votes needed for the compact to go into effect.
Additional resources: Heritage Foundation white paper:http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/10/destroying-the-electoral-college-the-anti-federalist-national-popular-vote-scheme
National news video explaining National Popular Vote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-fXXyIOiE 



0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Take Action

    Why join Beaverton Hillsboro Republican Women?
    1.    The BHRW is your local branch of the National Federated Republican Women. We are a collective force to positively impact the direction of our nation and advancing the power of women through political access and participation. We support grassroots efforts to elect Republicans. 
    2.    We stay informed on legislation, elections and political news through our newsletters, email social networks, digital publications and web site. 
    3.    We participate in our community service programs which promote Americanism, the Armed Services, literacy, private sector initiatives, volunteerism and more. 

    ​
    ​"Vigilance is the price of freedom"

    For application, click here

    Here's your chance to volunteer:
     Here is a list of opportunities where you can volunteer to become chairman or a member of one of these BHRW committees:
    *Awards
    *Bylaws and Revisions
    *Campaign Promotion
    *Caring for America
    *Chaplain
    *Fund-raising
    *Historian
    *Leadership
    *Legislation and Research 
    *Mamie Eisenhower Library Project (MELP), and *Barbara Bush Literacy Committee
    *Membership
    *Newsletter
    *New Citizens
    *Public Relations and Publicity


    Categories

    All

    Archives

    July 2019
    May 2017
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015

    RSS Feed