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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (6564)	12/24/2000 9:59:38 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 6710

>>I wonder if state legislators could vote to have their state electoral votes split between candidates on the basis of their proportion of the popular vote within the state?<< Of course.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (6564)	12/25/2000 9:40:33 AM
From: chomolungma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Brumar, Thanks for finding those numbers. As I understand it, there are two states, Nebraska and Maine that are not "winner take all" states in the electoral college. Any state could come up with a scheme that would select its electors any way they pleased. As someone living in a state where there wasn't A SINGLE presidential add aired on TV, (And I understand about 15 states were in this category) I hope that my legislature would get creative and pass a measure that no elector can represent a presidential candidate unless that candidate makes at least a 6 hour stop in the state and airs a specific number of advertisements describing their positions. Would that shake things up a bit? Someone mentioned a few weeks ago that California was considering a change and dividing their electors by other means. The big states need to start the trend if there is to be a change in the electoral college. Merry Christmas.