California Rejects US Republic Form of Government
May 31, 2006 01:14 PM EST


By Sher Zieve – On Tuesday, California lawmakers effectively rejected the US’ form of government--the Republic. CA lawmakers advised that they would no longer award California’s electoral votes based on which presidential candidate wins in the state but, will base the award of the votes to the candidate that receives the greatest number of popular votes nationwide.

This effectively moves California into the position of having become a "direct democracy".

Said to be an attempt at an “end run” around the US Constitution, California State Assemblyman Chuck Devore, (R-Irvine) said: "The Constitution of the United States was very specific that every state shall have a republican form of government. It's not a direct democracy. Direct democracies were probably seen by the founding fathers as unstable."

The Mercury News writes: “The bill would pledge California's 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a system critics charged was an attempt to circumvent the U.S. Constitution.”

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