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Article: Alliance gains against Electoral College; Seeks power of popular vote for president.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2009
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Byline: Valerie Richardson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
DENVER -- A movement to bypass the Electoral College and elect the president based on the popular vote is gaining steam, racking up almost one-fifth of the support needed to trigger the plan.
National Popular Vote, a California-based group formed in 2006, has won commitments from four states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote. Those four states - Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois and Hawaii - have 50 electoral votes among them.
The goal is for states with a total of 270 electoral votes to enter into a compact in which they agree to give their electoral votes to the ...