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Article: States revisiting Electoral College; Awarding popular vote at issue.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 31, 2007
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Byline: Valerie Richardson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
DENVER - A movement to upend the Electoral College in favor of a popular presidential vote aims to sweep state legislatures this year, starting with Colorado.
The state Senate here last week approved a bill that would award Colorado's nine electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins a majority of the vote nationally, regardless of how the candidate performs statewide. There's just one caveat: The legislation only takes effect if states with a combined 270 electoral votes a majority approve their own National Popular Vote Interstate Compact bills.
Lofty as that goal may sound, ...