[EM] Ballot initiative in Colorado

[Dave Ketchum]

Mike wrote:

> I don't know if someone here already mentioned it, but there is a ballot 
> initiative in Colorado to change the method of awarding electoral votes 
> based on a percentage of the popular vote rather than a winner-take-all 
> system. I saw it mentioned on Slate (www.slate.com) at
> 
> http://slate.msn.com/id/2102054/
> 
> which also referred to the Denver Post article here:
> 
> http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2213150,00.html
> 

Agreed it needs doing, and is legal for states to do, but impractical for 
big states to do - think of how you get Democrats in NY to give 
Republicans a present of about 10 votes.

> 
> Mike
> mrouse1 at mrouse.com

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