THE POOR MAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

A fascinating article by Hank Adler. Mr. Adler writes about a measure passed by the California State Senate for the second consecutive year. SB 37 would require California electoral delegates to cast their presidential votes for the national popular vote winner rather than for the presidential candidate who is victorious in California. The kicker is that the measure would become effective when and if states controlling 270 electoral votes, a number sufficient to elect the President, pass identical contractually binding legislation. In other words, let's all circumvent the Constitution of the United States, by entering into a side agreement.