Since uSA was changed to USA,changes in US Constitution are needed-By Harsha Sankar

Dear Citizen,                         September 2020

Americans need to realize that when the US Constitution is written, it was adapted for the uSA and not the USA. In plain terms, the states were much more of independent sovereign republics back then. After the Civil War, the states became franchises of the federal government. The 14th Amendment and subsequent legislation was responsible for this development.

While certain US Constitutional Amendments kept up with this change, there are certain parts of the US Constitution that need to be changed even though government hardly adheres to that document strictly like it should.

In the Presidential and Vice-Presidential election, for example, each state's legislature was allowed to pick its electors for these offices as it saw fit when the nation's charter became the "Law Of The Land". This needs to change since state governments are now just extensions of the federal government. The number of electors per state is its number of house representatives and senators. That number should remain the same but each congressional district should be required to provide one elector per direct popular and public ballot voting. With the remaining two at large electors, each state legislature should pick those it sees fit.

Electors are prohibited from "holding office of trust and profit". That phrase should be replaced by "performance of duties in any governmental branch".

Since the Senate interacts with both the President and Vice-President, they should not be elected in the same manner as those two offices. While the POTUS and VPOTUS should be elected by indirect popular vote(public balloting and ranked choice both incorporated) via the electoral process, the senators should be elected by direct popular voting(public balloting and ranked choice both incorporated) via the electoral process. Localities and state delegate districts should each receive the same number of electoral votes. The candidate who wins the locality wins its electoral votes and the same is applicable for the state delegate district. The candidate who wins the majority of total electoral votes wins the senatorial race.

In case no candidate wins the majority of electoral votes, then one electoral vote is assigned to each locality. The Top Three candidates should be fielded and the candidate who receives the majority of total electoral votes wins the senatorial race. If there is still not a winner, then the State House of Delegates(lower chamber) picks the winner out of the Top Two candidates fielded from the locality count.

It must be noted that federal senators were considered ambassadors of the state to the federal government when the US Constitution was drafted. Obviously, that is no longer the case. Senators should still be subject to a direct popular vote but an electoral system should be part of the process.

In regards to House Of Representatives elections, direct popular vote should still exist but an electoral system should be part of the process as well. Every polling station should be assigned one electoral vote. The candidate who wins the plurality of electoral votes wins that federal seat in the lower chamber in Washington, D.C.

Harsha Sankar
Virginia