On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:11 PM, Kathy Dopp wrote:
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:17:14 +0100
From: "Raph Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [EM] Making a Bad Thing Worse
The Electoral College should meet and then make its decision.
This is compounded by the fact that all states have switched to
winner
takes all methods of selecting the electors, so it is double broken.
That is not quite true. There are two states, Maine and one other (I
forget which) that proportionally split their electoral votes.
Recently there was an effort by Republicans to have CA split its
electoral votes proportionally - but Dems fought it because it would
have virtually guaranteed that Republicans win the Presidential
contest.
That is not quite true. Maine and Nebraska assign their electoral
votes by the winner in each congressional district, and the two extra
votes by the statewide vote. In practice, neither state has ever split
their electoral vote (though Obama may have a shot at the district
containing Omaha this year).
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