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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 1 – Electoral college merits recognized

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 1

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HJM001.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
ELECTORAL COLLEGE - Stating findings of the Legislature recognizing the
merits of the Electoral College system in presidential elections and
requesting that Congress make no amendments or other modifications to the
Electoral College system.
                                                                        
01/26    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/29    Rpt prt - to St Aff
02/13    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/14    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/16    3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote - to Senate
02/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/22    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
02/23    10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote - to House
02/26    To enrol
02/27    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
02/28    Pres signed
    To Secretary of State

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  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-sixth Legislature                  First Regular Session - 2001
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                 HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 1
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                   A JOINT MEMORIAL
  2    TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED  STATES  IN  CONGRESS
  3        ASSEMBLED,  AND  TO THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF
  4        IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.
                                                                        
  5        We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of  the
  6    State of Idaho assembled in the First Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho
  7    Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
                                                                        
  8        WHEREAS,  the  Founding  Fathers,  through  deliberation  and  compromise,
  9    devised  the  Electoral  College  to answer the nation's need for an effective
 10    voting mechanism in the presidential selection process; and
 11        WHEREAS, the Electoral College, as provided for in the Constitution of the
 12    United States, provides for a proper system of  checks  and  balances  in  the
 13    election of presidents and vice presidents; and
 14        WHEREAS,  the Electoral College prevents any one region of the nation from
 15    dominating a presidential election; and
 16        WHEREAS, the Electoral College ensures that the interests of the voters of
 17    every state, including smaller and rural states, are represented in  a  presi-
 18    dential election; and
 19        WHEREAS,  the  Electoral  College ensures that the will of the majority is
 20    carried out while guaranteeing that the voices of this nation's minorities are
 21    heard; and
 22        WHEREAS, the Electoral College is based upon republican  principles  which
 23    provide the foundation for this nation's constitutional system; and
 24        WHEREAS, any attempt to modify the current Electoral College would jeopar-
 25    dize  a  secure  system which has been effective for over two hundred years in
 26    providing for a peaceful transition of presidential power.
 27        NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
 28    of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature, the House  of  Representatives  and  the
 29    Senate  concurring  therein, that no amendments or other modifications be made
 30    to the Electoral College system and that the Electoral College be continued in
 31    its present form for all future presidential elections.
 32        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the  House  of  Representa-
 33    tives  be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
 34    Memorial to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-
 35    sentatives of Congress, and  the  congressional  delegation  representing  the
 36    State of Idaho in the Congress of the United States.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                                
                            RS 10605
                                
                                
The purpose of this memorial to the United States Congress is to
advise the Congress that this Great State of Idaho, its Governor,
and its Legislature strongly object to any efforts to put forth any
bill that would remove the Electoral College votes from the states
and the United States Constitution.




                         FISCAL IMPACT
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Contact:  Rep. R.J. "Dick" Hanwood
          Idaho House of Representatives
          332-1000
          

     
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