[EM] Nader could designate same electors as Kerry
Dr. Ernie Prabhakar
drernie at radicalcentrism.org
Wed Jun 30 08:30:02 PDT 2004
Hi Mike,
On Jun 30, 2004, at 8:20 AM, MIKE OSSIPOFF wrote:
> He said that Nader could designate, as his electors, the same people
> who are Kerry's electors, instructing them to vote for Kerry. In that
> way, the votes for Nader would count for Kerry. No more spoiler
> problem. And, with that assurance, Nader would get more votes than he
> ever has. He'd get a number of votes that would show his actual 1st
> choice support, which is surely many time the 3% that he previously
> got.
I'm confused. Won't this only work in states which designate electors
on a proportional basis, rather than winner-take-all, which is think
all but 2--3 states use?
-- Ernie P.
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