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Come pray for our Country!
Prayer and Potluck
Saturday, February 11, 2023
5:30-7:00 PM
380 Patterson Rd, Haines City
For more information: Steve Larsen
863-206-1317
Ethics, Elections & Open Government Subcommittee is reviewing HB 53 (2023), which is an Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA!
Background: The Electoral College is a system put into place by our founding fathers following the American Revolution. As part of the U.S. Constitution — Article II, Section 1, Clause 2, to be precise — the government set up a system of electors who would act as the representatives for the voters in each state. The electors cast the final vote for the country’s president. So, when you vote for president, you’re technically voting for an elector to cast an electoral vote for you.
There are a total of 538 total electors in the Electoral College. Each state gets an elector for each representative they have in Congress — both senators plus every House member. This is known as an indirect popular election. Our founding fathers intentionally produced this system, in part, to help states with a smaller population still have a sense that their voices were equally valued compared to larger states with more people. Other framers felt that such a decision as important as a nation’s president shouldn’t be left up to a simple majority vote. They thought there should be a buffer between the people and the direct decision to the presidency.
PLEASE CALL & EMAIL OUR REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS INTENTIONALLY CAME UP WITH ELECTORAL COLLEGE SYSTEM THAT GIVES SMALLER STATES A VOICE AND A NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE SYSTEM WOULD DISENFRANCHISE STATES WITH SMALL POPULATIONS. THEREFORE, VOTE NO ON HB 53 (2023).
To learn MORE about this the Electoral College, please check out this video: https://www.prageru.com/video/do-you-understand-the-electoral-college
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