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California Democrats push popular vote measure
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 22, 2007 12:04pm |
| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Aug 22, 2007 12:00pm |
| Description | Democrats on Tuesday proposed putting on a 2008 ballot an initiative aimed at having California join the movement to elect presidents by popular vote.
The initiative, if successful, also would head off a Republican effort to get some of California's electoral votes.
GOP consultants have proposed a separate initiative to change California's winner-take-all system of awarding its 55 electoral votes. Under this measure, electoral votes would be awarded by how congressional districts vote, which could benefit the Republican nominee in this state with more registered Democrats.
(One version contains a clause stating that if both the Democratic- and Republican-backed initiatives make it onto the ballot, the one with the most votes would take precedence.) |
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