Commentary On Elections-Part Forty And Part Forty-One

Commentary On Elections-Part Forty

State delegate/assembly seats should be chosen by popular votes through the process of electoral votes. The candidate who wins the highest number of popular votes in that precinct receives one electoral vote. After that the candidate who wins the majority of these electoral votes in the state delegate district becomes its delegate/assemblyperson.

If a majority of these electoral votes is not won by any candidate, then the candidate who has the highest number of popular votes throughout the entire state delegate district emerges as the winner of that election.

Commentary On Elections-Part Forty-One

State senate district seats should not be chosen by popular votes through the process of electoral votes. Since the state delegate district seats are chosen by the electorate and their votes are counted electorally, state senate district officeholders must be chosen by the local legislature.

The state delegate district position is based on the model of population-mode. In lieu of this, the state senate district position should be based on the model of area-mode. Otherwise the state senate becomes an extension of the state house of delegates/assembly.