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To: KLP who wrote (375228)8/3/2010 7:19:30 PM
From: TimF1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 793955
 
Under the law, which was enacted by the House last week, all 12 of the state's electoral votes would be awarded to the candidate who receives the most votes nationally.

That doesn't technically bypass the electoral college. Under the electoral college system the states have the ability to decide how to allocate their votes, this is just one method of doing so.

OTOH if every state, or even just states representing a majority of electoral votes did this, than the effect would be the same, the college wouldn't be bypassed exactly, it would still operate and the most votes in that system would win, but the most votes in the system would not longer be determined by winning the election in different states.
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