Editor:
I commend the U.S. Supreme Court on its unanimous decision on state electorates and in support the Electoral College. It confirms that states have the authority to require electorates to vote with the decision of the state during the presidential election.
This is consistent with the intent our founding fathers and our U.S. Constitution as written. Originally, the president was to be elected by a singular vote of each sovereign colony state. In our federal system, the president is a leader to preside over the states to make decisions on matters that the states could not control within their borders. The president was not to be elected by the U.S. population. The federal government is, after all, the United STATES of America not the united “individuals” of America.
The Electoral College was designed as a compromise to allow more populous states more say without erasing the voice of the less populated states.
Based on the structure of our government, the state and local governments were to be voted in by the populous because they are the ones that should be making the laws and rules that directly affect the people. Unfortunately, our federal government has morphed into almost a national government which is not how our country was designed under the U.S. Constitution.
It is so rare to see a unanimous vote from the U.S. Supreme Court, but our Constitution is quite clear. I thank them for this civic lesion that seems to be lacking in today’s society.
Ronald “Doc” Renuart
Former Florida State Legislator
Ponte Vedra Beach
