Commentary On Elections-Part Twenty-Nine & Thirty

Commentary On Elections-Part Twenty-Nine

The candidate for vice-gubernatorial elector who obtains the majority of electoral votes in a state delegate/assembly district becomes its elector. One electoral vote is assigned to a precinct. The candidate who obtains the highest number of popular votes in a precinct receives its electoral vote. The candidate who obtains the majority of these electoral votes becomes this elector for vice-governor in that state delegate/assembly district. If no majority of these electoral votes is obtained by any candidate, then direct popular voting throughout that state delegate/assemblymen district decides that political race.

The vice-governor is the president of the state senate, an area-based institution of the democratic republic. Therefore it is essential that the vice-gubernatorial electors be elected via population-based mode. That is why the voters, through electoral votes, in each state delegate/assembly district have to choose the electors for vice-governor. Due to the fact that each precinct and each state delegate/assembly district have approximately the same number of people, this makes the choosing of vice-gubernatorial electors population-based mode.

Commentary On Elections-Part Thirty

The candidate for gubernatorial elector who obtains the majority of electoral votes in a state senate district becomes its elector. The governor presides over the administration of state agencies that affects the entire population of the state. Therefore the governor's functions are considered area-based.

The candidate for gubernatorial elector who receives the most popular votes per locality district in the entire state senate district wins the electoral votes assigned to that locality district. Each locality district in the state senate district is allocated electoral votes based on its population. If a locality district has less than 10,000 in population, it is to receive one electoral vote. For every additional 10,000 in population, that locality district receives one additional electoral vote.

It is then essential that the gubernatorial electors are elected via population-based mode. That is why the voters, via electoral voting, in each state senate district has to choose the electors for governor. Due to the fact that each precinct and each state delegate/assembly district have approximately the same number of people, this makes the choosing of vice-gubernatorial electors population-based mode.