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Richard W. Painter
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Richard W. Painter

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Law Professor, University of Minnesota; former chief White House ethics lawyer 2005-07; Board member, CREW; Independent.

Mendota Heights MN
Joined November 2014

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    Richard W. Painter‏ @RWPUSA 10h10 hours ago

    An amendment abolishing the electoral college will never be ratified by enough states. But we can and should require states to allocate electors in proportion to the popular vote in each state rather than “winner takes all.”https://cnn.it/2F9L1jc 

    6:52 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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      1. oldtimerchip‏ @tjgranger74 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        We must never stop trying to abolish the electoral college. Democracy means one person -one vote and it should not matter which state it was cast in.

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      2. Matthew Witten‏ @matthew_witten 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Exactly! That's why people in each state should make sure their state adopts the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. No constitutional amendment required. As soon as states totaling 270 EVs adopt it, it goes into effect. @NatlPopularVote

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      1. Christine Galea‏ @chrisgalea 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        This change would be very welcome

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      1. Sports Girl‏ @Burreh71 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Go for it! We can definitely get enough states to jump on board. There’s already 13 states ready to sign.

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      1. FaithfulChickie‏ @FaithfulChickie 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        The electoral college has been damaging our democracy. It’s time to scrap it.

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      1. 860ford‏ @860Ford 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        How about getting rid of Citizens United first.?

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      1. Bo Carey‏ @stroudgloucs 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Yes! Thank you for saying that, Mr. Painter! All this talk of disenfranchisement - yet, for instance, 4.5million people voted for Clinton in Florida in November 2016, and not a single one of them was represented at the electoral college vote in December. Time to end that.

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      2. US Grant Fan Club‏ @browntailedhawk 19m19 minutes ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Just imagine if the Supreme Cpurt rules that gerrymandering is legal, and that independent redistricting commissions are unconstitutional: A) states can gerrymander their congressional districts B) States can change from WTA to district-by-district allocation like ME and NE

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      3. US Grant Fan Club‏ @browntailedhawk 19m19 minutes ago
        Replying to @browntailedhawk @RWPUSA

        Meaning a party has cheated democracy forever. This is what “originalism” really is; just cynical manipulation of outdated texts to serve the political interests of anti-reform judges.

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      1. Beth Kinnane‏ @BethKinn1 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA @JoseyRider

        We also need a bill passed to stop this government shut down chicanery. It should not be allowed. Ever.

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      1. vicki123‏ @vicki123 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Keep working on it

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      1. Jonathan Fesmire‏ @JonathanFesmire 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA @ehcsztin

        Eventually, Congress may pass such an amendment. Not with this Senate, but perhaps with the next, or the next.

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      2. Don‏ @Secretoriginz 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        I wonder if it wouldn't be easier for all of the states under Dem control to just shift to proportional allocation of electoral votes?

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      3. Roger Strassburg‏ @StrassburgRoger 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @Secretoriginz @RWPUSA

        That would only benefit Republicans. R's would get electors from Democratic states, but D's wouldn't get electors from R states. It would then be possible for R's to win when D's not only win the popular vote, but would have also win the electoral college under the old rules.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Roger Strassburg‏ @StrassburgRoger 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @StrassburgRoger @Secretoriginz @RWPUSA

        Having states adopt the rule that they give their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote would be a workable solution.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
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      2. Alexander Gallows‏ @SirHardHarry 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        Agreed. I've said this for many, many years: the votes should be proportionate, which only a few states do.

        2 replies . 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. Magdalena Zurawski‏ @MajorAmerican 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SirHardHarry @RWPUSA

        You haven't been alive enough to say anything for "many. many years."

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      4. Alexander Gallows‏ @SirHardHarry 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @MajorAmerican @RWPUSA

        Relative. Many enough for my lifetime.

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      2. Josh Koury‏ @gremlin66 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @RWPUSA

        How about an amendment to the Constitution requiring at LEAST rudimentary background checks, into financial holdings, business dealings, TAX RETURNS, and any emoluments or entanglements which might cause grievous harm to the safety of the American people and the country itself?

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