An end-run around the electorial college?

(From The Divided Times Newsletter

Colorado has put an initiative on the November ballot that, if passed, will mean the state’s electoral votes could be split between the two major presidential candidates (Ralph Nader’s place on the ballot is still in question). This would go into effect immediately, with the potential to determine this year’s presidential winner.

While almost all the states’ presidential electors are chosen on a “winner take all” basis, Colorado’s electors would be divided according to the proportion of votes each candidate receives. Under the proposed change, a 55 percent popular vote for one candidate would give five of Colorado’s nine electoral votes to that candidate, with the remaining four going to the other candidate. If such a rule had been in place during the 2000 election in Colorado, a swing state, it would have tipped the election to Al Gore.

Read about the Electoral College in Chapter 3 of the Great Divide: http://retrovsmetro.org/book/chapter_3.html?c=3&p=1.

“The Constitution: Foundation of Retro America’s Political Power,” and read proposed steps for reforming this unique system in the conclusion: http://retrovsmetro.org/book/conclusion.html.

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