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Vermont GOP rules bar it from promoting any candidate who is a 'convicted felon' (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 5 months ago by Five to c/vermont@lemmy.world

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Wow, this is actually a very clever piece of legislation. I'd personally take this a step further and enstate a 2 round system, so that votes for 3rd party candidates don't get wasted. Although I'm not sure that could get implemented in this way.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It might be able to, but I think it would be a lot more complicated. The popular vote compact doesn't require any changes to how elections are held, only to how the electors vote afterwards.
Coordinating getting those changes made in a compatible fashion across states would be a very daunting task.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah you have no influence over how non-NPV states hold their elections