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• mohit - Aug 04 2007 | bush, california, Electoral College, politics, news

  redot. all states (right-leaning and left-leaning) should play by the same rules. agree with the author's conclusion quoted below.

  the only reform that could make sense to me is one where we ditch the electoral college and switch to an all out popular vote

  Quoted: California Initiative No. 07-0032 is an audacious power play packaged as a step forward for democratic fairness. It’s the lotusland equivalent of Tom DeLay’s 2003 midterm redistricting in Texas, except with a sweeter smell, a better disguise, and larger stakes. And the only way Californians will reject it is if they have a chance to think about it first.
• petersigrist - Aug 03 2007 | news, politics, important

  Shane redot.

  This could be a really big deal. Although I would usually welcome Electoral College reform, Republican efforts to split California's electoral votes could skew the popular vote to an even greater extent. Would I feel the same if this were to happen in Texas? Yes. This article provides an excellent analysis.
• srainier - Aug 03 2007 | california, bush

  This is a problem for Democrats, not just in California, but nationally. The Dems can't win a close election without winning California. Now a Republican law firm is proposing changing how California gives its electoral college votes, and is estimated to give around 20 extra electoral college votes to the republican candidate. In a vacuum, I'm fine with this proposal. However, when Texas, Florida, and all of the other Red states that are balanced by California don't play by the same rules then it's a massive problem for Democrats. This is NOT something that should be done on a state-by-state basis.

  Quoted: Two weeks ago, one of the most important Republican lawyers in Sacramento quietly filed a ballot initiative that would end the practice of granting all fifty-five of California’s electoral votes to the statewide winner. Instead, it would award two of them to the statewide winner and the rest, one by one, to the winner in each congressional district.