[Vision2020] Proportional State Electoral Votes

[Tbertruss at aol.com]

Donovan et. al.

Many people do not like the electoral college system in the USA to elect a 
president.  Doing away with the electoral college to allow a direct popular vote 
is a very long shot, however.  But individual states can change how they 
award electoral votes, avoiding the winner take all system.  

Colorado will decide on election day whether they will implement a 
proportional allocation of electoral votes that will apply to the presidential vote 
taken on that same day!  This could decide the election in a way different than if 
Colorado had a winner take all result.

Maine and Nebraska already have a system that allows splitting the states 
electoral votes between different presidential candidates.

If most or all states went to a proportional awarding of electoral votes, 
this would install a system much closer to electing a president based on the 
popular vote.  Outcomes where the popular vote contradicts the electoral college 
would be much less probable.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/12/maine.voting.ap/index.html

Ted Moffett 
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