National Popular Vote Compact is power grab

In April 2018, a Democraticcontrolled vote in Connecticut’s state Legislature disenfranchised your vote. Actually, they disenfranchised every Connecticut voters’ vote — whichever candidate you wanted elected.

No matter which candidate for president wins the Connecticut popular vote, Connecticut’s Electoral College votes have been legislated away in favor of joining the National Popular Vote compact. The Democrats have determined no Republican vote (or Independent vote that went to a Republican or Democrat who voted crossparty) should ever again rob them of their will to elect only Democrat presidents.

This is a power grab to subvert our U.S. Constitution. You know, the same U.S. Constitution that is the law of the land and has been for 230 years.

The net result of this National Popular Vote compact is that if Connecticut’s popular vote goes to Candidate A, but the National Popular Vote was won by Candidate B, Connecticut’s choice for president wouldn’t matter. Thanks to our Democrat legislators pushing through on a nearly 100percent partisan vote, your vote won’t count.

The issue centers around the importance of the Electoral College remaining intact as the Founding Fathers codified it in the U.S. Constitution. The Democrats are determined to undermine the influence of smaller, less populous states in selecting the president. This was exactly the concern that our Founding Fathers had when they considered the impact large, populous cities and states would have over the presidency.

Connecticut’s population is dwarfed by other states and just seven counties in the entire country could control the presidency if the Electoral College as written into the U.S. Constitution is subverted.

Candidates will no longer need to campaign across the country. They will only need to campaign in New York City; Cook County, Illinois; California counties Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino — all Democrat strongholds.

It is not slated to take effect until states representing at least 270 electoral votes — the minimum number to elect the president — sign onto a compact.

If you want your vote to count, call your state legislators and pressure them to reconsider this law and overturn it.

Joan Liska, Middletown