Category Archives: Electoral College

December 2, 2016 Radio Commentary

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On December 19th Electors Cast Votes!

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, December 2, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

If you thought the election was tough, you should be GLAD you’re not an elector from Georgia. They’re being hammered with emails and calls, begging them to betray Georgia voters and cast their ballots for ANYBODY but Trump.

Harassment shifted into overdrive when leaflets that were passed out at anti-Trump rallies gave the names, addresses and contact information for 16 Republican electors who say they will NOT “flip” for Hillary.

Protesters have been down-right ugly to one Georgia elector. They stole two Trump signs out of her yard and smeared her front door with mud and dirt. Thankfully, they didn’t key her vehicle with profanity about Trump, which they did to her neighbor’s car, but all of them are being deluged with harassing emails and telephone calls, with some from outside Georgia.

Of the 16 electors selected by the Georgia Republican Party, one was replaced after declaring he would not support Trump. Since the alternate’s name was not immediately published, he won’t have as much harassment to endure. Continue reading →

February 19, 2016 Radio Commentary

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Beware of the National Popular Vote Movement

Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, February 19, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler

I cringe every time I hear someone say the United States is a democracy. It is NOT a democracy. It is a representative republic where law is supreme and everyone is subject to the law, including leaders.

A democracy is different from a republic, because the majority rules in a democracy. Whatever the majority wants, a majority can vote for and get.

Recently, a bill surfaced in the General Assembly that would be a better fit for a democracy. H.B. 929 introduced by Representative Earl Ehrhart is an Agreement among the States to elect the president by national popular vote. The national popular vote is a movement to by-pass the Electoral College and elect the president by a majority of votes cast throughout the country.

Some say that sounds like a good idea, but they might not know what the Electoral College is and why it was established as the best way to elect our most powerful officials.

The Electoral College is a process to which each state appoints electors to equal the state’s number of senators and congressmen. Meaning, Georgia has 16 electors – one for each of 14 congressmen, plus two more – one for each of our U.S. senators. Electors may be appointed at state party conventions, central committees or they may be listed on the ballot. Georgia’s 16 electors will meet with other state electors at a time and date set by Congress and all 16 votes may or may not be cast for the candidate that got the majority vote in Georgia. Continue reading →

February 15, 2016 Newsletter

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(The February 15, 2016 Newsletter content includes these topics: Sex-Neutral Public Accommodations, Hemp/Marijuana Connection, In-State Cultivation of Marijuana,Side-stepping the Electoral College with NPV, Restrooms: Privacy Rights of Students)

H.B. 849 Unisex in Public Accommodations
Separate Restrooms for Males and Females would be Illegal in Public Facilities

H.B. 849, “The Georgia Civil Rights in Public Accommodations Act,” was introduced January 27th by Representative Rich Golick, and assigned to his House Judiciary Non Civil Committee. It requires nondiscrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in any place of public accommodations. H.B. 849 was introduced, specifically, as a means to add sexual orientation as a protected civil rights status. That was done in committee when the word “sex” was added. Meaning, it will require sex neutral public accommodations in Georgia.

Exception is Ambiguous
H.B. 849 “shall not apply to a private establishment, except¹ to the extent that facilities of such private establishment perform as a place of public accommodation.”
Conversation with the author of H.B. 849: “What will you do if someone tries to amend H.B. 849 with ‘gender,’ ‘gender identity’ or ‘sexual orientation’?” His reply, “No gender, no gender identity, but I don’t know about sexual orientation.” Then he was asked, “Does sexual orientation include gender and gender ID?” He didn’t answer, but, yes, it does. Currently, 58 identifications are acknowledged sexual orientations. Some of the 58 are listed in footnote 3.
The U.N. is lobbying for five² genders; Australia’s Human Rights Commission acknowledges 23 genders; Facebook and the Australian Broadcasting Commission recognize 583 genders.

Background. In the February 8th subcommittee meeting, Representative Taylor Bennett proposed amending H.B. 849 to prohibit discrimination based on “religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or veteran’s status.” The subcommittee defeated that amendment 6-4, but he offered it again the next day. Then, Representative Beskin offered “sex” as a one-word amendment and it passed. Then, the full committee voted 8-5 to pass the amended bill into the Rules Committee where sex should be deleted, because its multiple genders (behaviors) have been expanded far beyond natural male/female contact.

Give this message to the Rules Committee: “Delete the word ‘sex’ from H.B. 849
or defeat the bill.” Note: See page four to learn about students’
right to privacy in restrooms, etc.

ACTION – Oppose. Call any or all on the following list and ask them to defeat the bill or remove the word “sex.” House Rules Committee Representatives Meadows, Ch., 404 656-5141; Harrell, V-Ch., 656-0254; Richard Smith, Sec., 656-6831; Abrams, 656-5058; Ballinger, 656-0254; Benton, 463-3793; Burns, 656-5052; Cooper, 656-5069; Dempsey, 463-2247; Dickson, 463-2247; Drenner, 656-0202; Ehrhart, 463-2247; Evans, 656-6372; Fleming, 656-0152; Golick, 656-5943; Greene,656-0202; Hugley, 656-5058; Jackson, 656-0314; Jan Jones, 656-5072; Knight, 656-5099; Morris, 656-5115; Parrish, 463-2247; Peake, 656-5132; Alan Powell, 463-3793; Jay Powell, 656-7855; Ramsey, 656-5024; Rice, 656-5912; Carl Rogers, 656-7855; Terry Rogers, 651-7737; Setzler, 656-7857; Sims, 656-7857; Lynn Smith, 656-7149; Smyre, 656-0116; Stephens, 656-5115; Weldon, 656-5105; Willard, 656-5125; and Al Williams, 656-6372.
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¹ Does that exception include (a) public facilities at religious events held in public buildings or (b) nonreligious events held in facilities owned and operated by religious entities?
² Male, female, asexual, transsexual, and hermaphrodite
³ Included in the 58 genders: agender, androgyne, androgynous, bigender, cisgender, cis female, cis male, gender fluid, gender nonconforming, gender questioning, gender variant, genderqueer, intersex, neither, neutrois, non-binary, pangender, transgender, trans person, transfeminine, transmasculine, transsexual, transsexual female, transsexual male, transsexual person and two-spirit.

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