Did Russia just steal the election?! Emma Ruby-Sachs – Avaaz
Electors from both parties are calling for the truth about Russia’s interference in the election before they are forced to vote in eight days. Let’s give them the support they need to win their right to know!
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This could be our chance to stop a stolen election — ten Electors from both parties are calling for a security briefing about Russia’s interference in the vote.
And they have eight days to get it before they are forced to cast their ballots for President.
The CIA says there is Russian interference, Obama has called for a full intelligence review and Trump is denying everything. Knowing the facts is the least the Electoral College deserves!
Click here to get the Electors the information they need!
When everyone voted we didn’t know that Russia had likely interfered in the election to get Trump in power. And when many states were decided by tens of thousands of votes it’s likely this information would have changed the outcome!
But there’s still so much we don’t know because it’s incomplete or classified and maybe that’s the right call. Electors, though, hold our entire future in their hands and need the clearance to get information, even if it’s secret from all of us. That’s their job — to protect against gross injustices, corruption, and terrible outcomes from a popular vote.
We can’t know if there’s a case for the Electoral College to change their vote. But we can make sure those individuals hold the basic information they need to make an informed decision. Let’s support their right to know and give the Electors a huge national wind at their back:
This is a no-brainer: tell the people who will ultimately choose our next President the whole truth! And we can win it in time — it’s already a bipartisan call, now we can make it a national one.
With hope,
Emma, Andrew, Nick, Joseph and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Electors demand intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/electors-intelligence-briefing-trump-russia-232498
Electors want briefing on Russian interference before Electoral College vote (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/309938-electors-press-for-intelligence-briefing-on-russian
Former Acting CIA Director Calls Russian Interference In Election ‘The Political Equivalent Of 9/11′ (The Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-morell-russia-election-hacking_us_584eb2cde4b0bd9c3dfd73cc
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The incredible law that can still stop Trump
Hillary won more votes than Trump, and still lost. But the genius popular vote plan could still stop Trump from becoming president — but we have to act fast. Click to sign this urgent petition with just one click and share with everyone you know:
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More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than Donald Trump! That’s right, Clinton won the popular vote, but the electoral college system will silence the people’s voice. But there’s an incredible Hail Mary plan that could still stop Trump — if we act really fast!
The Popular Vote Plan is genius. It’s legislation that would guarantee the candidate who receives the most popular votes is elected, and it only needs the support of enough states to equal 270 electoral votes to pass. 10 states are on board, and 4 have pending legislation, so it’s already 3/4 of the way there!
The electoral college meets in a few weeks to decide our next president — and if we can create enormous national pressure on the few holdout states to adopt the plan before it’s too late, we can still stop Trump from becoming the next president. Let’s make this massive! Click below to sign this urgent petition with just one click and share with everyone you know:
To state lawmakers in Oregon, Connecticut, New Mexico and across America:
As citizens deeply concerned that the presidential candidate with the support of the majority of American voters will not become president, we urge you to pass the National Popular Vote bill immediately before the electoral college meets on December 19. The voice of most Americans should not be silenced. It’s time to make sure that every vote, in every state, matters in every presidential election.
The electoral college system is a disaster for our democracy. It forces presidential candidates to focus all their energy on a small fraction of their voters — leading to crazy policies like the enormous agricultural subsidies designed to appease farmers in the electorally-important state of Iowa — and it leaves 75% of voters without a voice in who runs our country.
To officially get rid of the electoral college would require a constitutional amendment. But what’s so brilliant about the Popular Vote Plan is that it doesn’t need a change to the constitution, it just needs the consensus of enough states. Here’s how it would work: states pass legislation saying they will give all their electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote, and, when there are enough states to represent 270 electoral votes, the legislation becomes binding.
In 2004, Bush became president in the exact same way Trump is set to. Right after the election, there was huge outrage over the electoral college — but then our attention moved on. This time, we must seize the moment and do everything we can to stop Trump from becoming president.
Democracy is at the core of Avaazers’ DNA. We come together around the idea that the world we want is a dream shared by most people everywhere — not just the vision of the few. This is a chance to take a step towards that vision despite the darkness of the last few days, and to put our country on the path to a better future.
With hope,
Oliver, Nell, Allison, Andrew, Emma and the whole Avaaz team
More information
National Popular Vote
http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
Here’s the best chance America has to revamp the Electoral College (Daily Dot)
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/national-vote-electoral-college/
The Troubling Reason the Electoral College Exists (Time)
http://time.com/4558510/electoral-college-history-slavery/
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48 hrs to delay Electoral College vote
Electors from both parties are calling for the truth about Russia’s interference in the election before they are forced to vote in less than 48 hours. Let’s give them the support they need to win their right to know!
This could be our chance to stop a stolen election — ten Electors from both parties are calling for a security briefing about Russia’s interference in the vote.
And they have less than 48 hours to get it before they are forced to cast their ballots for President.
The CIA says there is Russian interference, Obama has called for a full intelligence review and Trump is denying everything. Knowing the facts is the least the Electoral College deserves!
Click here to get the Electors the information they need!
When everyone voted we didn’t know that Russia had likely interfered in the election to get Trump in power. And when many states were decided by tens of thousands of votes it’s likely this information would have changed the outcome!
But there’s still so much we don’t know because it’s incomplete or classified and maybe that’s the right call. Electors, though, hold our entire future in their hands and need the clearance to get information, even if it’s secret from all of us. That’s their job — to protect against gross injustices, corruption, and terrible outcomes from a popular vote.
We can’t know if there’s a case for the Electoral College to change their vote. But we can make sure those individuals hold the basic information they need to make an informed decision. Let’s support their right to know and give the Electors a huge national wind at their back:
This is a no-brainer: tell the people who will ultimately choose our next President the whole truth! And we can win it in time — it’s already a bipartisan call, now we can make it a national one.
With hope,
Emma, Andrew, Nick, Joseph and the whole Avaaz team
MORE INFORMATION
Electors demand intelligence briefing before Electoral College vote (Politico)
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/electors-intelligence-briefing-trump-russia-232498
Electors want briefing on Russian interference before Electoral College vote (The Hill)
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/309938-electors-press-for-intelligence-briefing-on-russian
Former Acting CIA Director Calls Russian Interference In Election ‘The Political Equivalent Of 9/11′ (The Huffington Post)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-morell-russia-election-hacking_us_584eb2cde4b0bd9c3dfd73cc
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So,i guess we were warned but … The GOP’s Plan to Rig the Electoral College & Steal the White House 1/2013
Republican politicians have a big problem. Their massively unpopular policies and offensive rhetoric about minorities, women, and LGBT people have alienated vast swaths of the electorate, making it increasingly difficult for them to win national elections. And these problems are only getting worse as the country’s attitudes evolves and its demographics change. In fact, the Republican candidate has lost the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 presidential elections. The Republicans’ Solution: Re-Write the Rules to Game the System and Rig Elections Instead of addressing their fundamental problems, Republican politicians have instead devoted themselves to re-writing the rules and rigging the game:
- Make it Harder to Vote: Republican politicians are engaged in a systematic campaign to change voting laws and election procedures in order make it harder for young people, minorities, and others likely to vote Democratic to vote.
- Gerrymander: Because of partisan gerrymandering after the 2010 Census, Republicans have a structural advantage when it comes to the House of Representatives. Even though more than a million more people voted for Democrats for the House in 2012, Republicans still managed to hold on to the House with a 15-seat majority.
- Rig the Game: Now Republican-controlled swing states are trying to rig the Electoral College in order to steal the White House.
How It Works
- Red States Stay the Same: Truly red states keep the current winner-take-all system, thus delivering all of their electoral votes to the Republican candidate.
- Swing States Get Divided Up: Swing states currently controlled by Republicans (VA, OH, WI, MI, PA, NC, and FL) will award their electoral votes by Congressional District. Through gerrymandering, Republicans have managed to pack Democrats into a small number of districts, giving the GOP a large advantage in the aggregate number of House seats they hold in these states.
- Bonus Votes for Republicans: In some versions of this plan, the two remaining electoral votes in each state that are not associated with a House district would still be awarded to the winner of the state’s popular vote. Virginia, however, has an even more pernicious plan; its plan would award the other two votes to the winner of a majority of the state’s congressional districts. If other swing states adopted this plan, it could shift an extra dozen or more electoral votes to the Republican candidate — a number equivalent to the electoral votes of Virginia or the votes of Iowa and Nevada combined.
The Result — President Romney
The GOP plan to rig the Electoral College means that even if a Democrat wins the popular vote in a state by a comfortable margin, the Republican candidate could still walk away with as many two-thirds or even three-quarters of the state’s Electoral College votes. 
If Republican-controlled swing states had put this plan into effect before the 2012 election, Mitt Romney would likely be the president today thanks to the shift in electoral votes in key states. If all of these states chose the Virginia model that gives Republicans two bonus electoral votes per state, then Mitt Romney would definitely have been the one to be sworn in this past Monday.
This Threat Is Real & Is Happening Now
This GOP plan to rig the Electoral College and steal the White House is not simply theoretical in nature. It’s a real threat to our democracy. Republicans — including two GOP governors — are actually considering this plan in several of these states, including Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Republicans in the Virginia Senate are trying to pass just such a plan right now. For more information on this scheme, please see the full report released today by the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
BOTTOM LINE: Instead of trying to win fair and square by persuading voters that their values and ideas are the best for America, Republicans are now instead trying to re-write the rules in order to rig the system in their favor and steal the White House.
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