The system summit, held in orleans earlier this month. This is about an hour. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] for the next hour, we are going to focus on the way we choose our president. Were going to elect elect 530 electors who then go through the process to choose our president. Can you here me now . Election of donald trump march the fifth time in our history the Electoral College system awarded the presidency to the candidate that did not win the most votes. Of the lastce election was also disheartening in other ways. Not anally, it was election aimed at the entire country. It was aimed at a bout a dozen battleground states. You wereof those eccentric a bystander in the election. It has led many people to ask why we continue to have this system and the process for doing something about it. I will speak for a couple of minutes. Article two of the constitution says to become president you have to win a total of the Electoral College votes. , the one gets a m
Roemer. [applause] buddy roemer is a louisiana native. Former member of congress. And he served as governor of louisiana from 1988 until 1992. He was a president ial candidate in 2012. With a platform some heard of on rating the system. Please welcome, governor buddy roemer. [video] special interests control washington dc. Is been a congressman and a governor. They dont seem 20 minute conversation. Who hasnt been invited to a single televised debate. They still in your government. Learn more at buddy roemer. Com. I am buddy roemer and i approve this message. [applause] welcome to louisiana. [applause] may your stay be wonderful. I was the governor, 30 years ago. After eight years as a congressman. Ive been around the world a couple of times. And i can tell you, that louisiana is one of the special places in the world. [applause] its flora, the fauna, values, rivers, cultural, i speak slowly as i get old because i am a type i diabetic. And i have diabetic neuropathy. It affects both my
On the peculiar way that we choose our president , not through a direct election by the people, but in an indirect by 51 separate elections to elect 538 electors who then go through a process to select our president. Louder i can you hear me now if speak like this . The election of donald trump marked the fifth time in our history that the Electoral College awarded the presidency to the candidate that did not win the most votes. The experience of the last election was also disheartening in other ways that our panelists will get into, but essentially, it was not an election aimed at the entire country. It was an election aimed at about a dozen battleground states, and if you do not live in one of those battleground states, you were essentially a bystander in the election. The experience of the last election has led many people to asked why we continue to have this system and what are the somethingfor doing about it. I will speak for a couple of minutes about what the Electoral College i
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Times of august ready a Secretive Alliance with the nations top Energy Producers to fight obamas climate efforts. Fromll get response 350. Org and food and water arch. We will speak with the texas republican member of the Electoral College who publicly announced he will not vote for donald trump. Could this be the start of a rebellion within the Republican Party . If the judge orders in and to michigan recount, we will spek with john bonifaz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President elect donald trump has scottced he will pruitt the head of the epa. Pruitt claimed the Climate Science change is far from settled. He is seen as a close ally of the fossil fuel industry. In 2014, the New York Times revealed pruitt another republican attorneys general had formed an unprecedented secretive a aligns with the top Energy Producers to fight oh by ms. Climate obamas climate effort. Said the epa a letter accusing