Paul Pumphrey: Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections

Greens launch effort against Electoral College manipulation of presidential elections

Asa Gordon, Chair DC Statehood Green Party Electoral College Task Force
Executive Director Douglass Institute of Government

• Malapportionment of Electoral College votes may lead to a Republican victory despite the popular vote, disenfranchising tens of thousands of voters, especially black voters in southern states

• Green civil action seeks to democratize the Electoral College by enforcing 14th Amendment voter protections, names Vice President Cheney as defendent

WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders said today that the outcome of the 2008 presidential election may be affected by the antidemocratic apportionment of Electoral College votes, with the popular vote misrepresented by the winner-take-all system of assigning votes to electors." Read more...

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mvymvy said...: An alternative approach to make every vote in every state politically relevant and equal in presidential elections is the National Popular Vote bill.

The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC). The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538). When the bill comes into effect, all the electoral votes from those states would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states (and DC).

The National Popular Vote bill has been approved by 21 legislative chambers (one house in Colorado, Arkansas, Maine, North Carolina, and Washington, and two houses in Maryland, Illinois, Hawaii, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont). It has been enacted into law in Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These states have 50 (19%) of the 270 electoral votes needed to bring this legislation into effect.

see http://www.NationalPopularVote.com

Susan; August 7, 2008 at 12:48 PM

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In July of 2006 Mr. Pumphrey represented FOTC as an international observer to the DRC first held national election in forty years.

In 1998, Mr. Pumphrey co-founded Brothers and Sisters International (BASI) as is economic development and human rights in the Americas, the Caribbean and Africa.

As the international liaison for BASI, Mr. Pumphrey develops working relationships with grassroots organization in the Bahamas, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Namibia. This includes attendance at national and international conferences on economic development.

In Haiti, Mr. Pumphrey works to expand education, especially in the countryside and creates business enterprises that will fund economic development efforts and improve living conditions of the common people. He has also served as an international observer to several national elections. In 1995, as the international liaison for Campaign of a New Tomorrow (CNT), Mr. Pumphrey help organized teach-ins and delegation visits to Haiti. He also raised money, school supplies and secured electronic equipment for Haitian grassroots organizations.

Mr. Pumphrey’s community activism in Prince George’s County is exemplary. In 2000 the Public School’s superintendent appointed Mr. Pumphrey to co-chair a committee which developed a new curriculum for a new criminal justice academy. At the invitation of the Chief of Police, Mr. Pumphrey currently serves as a member of the Chief’s Citizen Advisory Council, which counsels the police chief on community issues. Mr. Pumphrey also co-founded the Community Action Project (CAP), which provided community advocacy for over 165 poor families. CAP organized liaisons between city council, police and other governmental relationships with the local community. CAP help organized tenant organizations, neighborhood watch, and held political education classes.

Mr. Pumphery’s political work spans over four decades. In 1968, ‘78, ’83 and ‘88 Mr. Pumphrey was a deputy coordinator of crowd control for the Southern Christian Leadership’s (SCLC) Marchs on Washington; and for the Stand for Children March in 1997. He volunteered with Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and 1988 bid for the US Presidency; and the Ron Daniel’s 1992 bid for the US Presidency. Mr. Pumphrey became the Washington, DC co-chair of Campaign for a New Tomorrow, an offspring from Mr. Daniel’s Presidential campaign, as well as the Chairman of the Rainbow Coalition, an offspring from Mr. Jackson’s Presidential campaign.

In 1975, Mr. Pumphrey became the co-founder and national organizer of the Anti-Apartheid Movement USA (AMUSA). AMUSA was one of the first organizations to provide educational programs about apartheid on university campuses, high schools, and in community organizations. AMUSA worked with the liberation movements in southern Africa including ANC in South Africa, SWAPO in Namibia, and the Patriotic Front (PF) in Zimbabwe (all three of these organizations represent the current majority-elected governments in their respective countries).

Mr. Pumphrey is also an effective union organizer. He was shop steward and member of the executive board of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 2093 (AFSCME), a union in Washington, D.C. Mr. Pumphrey also helped organize unemployed steel workers in Pittsburgh in the early 1980’s. In 1972, Mr. Pumphrey became a union organizer for the United Farm Workers Union in the state of Florida. Mr. Pumphrey worked with migrant farm workers in the central, southern and eastern regions of the state in the areas of citrus, vegetables and sugar. Mr. Pumphrey coordinated two different offices that administered the contract between UFW and Minute Maid (a Coca-Cola subsidiary); organized sugar workers during a strike; assisted farm workers with their Worker’s Compensation claims, and lobbied in Tallahassee (the state capitol) for better working conditions for migrant farm workers.

Early in his career, Mr. Pumphrey founded the Summer Fun Day Camp which was devoted to serving the needs of youth-at-risk in Montgomery County, Maryland. The camp provided educational, recreational and cultural services for over 150 youth and had a staff of over 25.

Mr. Pumphrey is a member of Universal Negro Improvement Association, UNIA Division 330.

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