Howard Dean Calls for Direct Election of the President

May 22nd, 2008

According to this report, the Time Magazine issue that hits newstands on May 23 contains an interview with Howard Dean, national chair of the Democratic National Committee. In the interview, Dean recommends that Article One, Section Two of the U.S. Constitution be amended, to provide for a direct popular election for president. It is not known if he also discussed the advisability of also amending Article Two, Section One, to eliminate the ban on foreign-born U.S. citizens becoming president.

3 Responses to “Howard Dean Calls for Direct Election of the President”

  1. Demo Rep Says:
    May 22nd, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Better very late than never from a top party hack.

    Uniform definition of Elector in ALL of the U.S.A.

    NONPARTISAN nomination and election of all elected executive officers and all judges — using Approval Voting – vote for 1 or more, highest win — pending advanced head to head math.

    I.E. voting YES or NO on each candidate (as for ballot questions) — party hack or independent posing as being nonpartisan.

    The natural born stuff has reference to ALLEGIANCE to a regime — see Blackstone’s Commentaries (1760s).

  2. Derek Says:
    May 24th, 2008 at 2:05 am

    NO!!

  3. Demo Rep Says:
    May 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Art. II, Sec. 1 — errata

    various other E.C. parts affected – 12th Amdt, !4 Amdt Sec. 2, etc.