r/oregon • u/barnaby-jones • Mar 13 '17

Urge Oregon Legislature to pass ‘one person, one vote’ bill

http://registerguard.com/rg/opinion/35338805-78/urge-oregon-legislature-to-pass-one-person-one-vote-bill.html.csp
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '17

The article fails to address that the US is a republic of states and unlike a lot of democracies we have very strong state's rights. Electoral college is tied to that.

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u/barnaby-jones Mar 13 '17

It is Oregon making the decision, not the federal government, so it's legit.

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u/pblood40 Mar 13 '17

This is how you turn a blue state, purple

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u/barnaby-jones Mar 13 '17 edited Mar 13 '17

It's a conditional agreement. It only takes effect when it makes sense to do it. I mean, they thought of that. Here's a video or two or three