by chiggerbit » Wed May 31, 2006 2:35 pm
Wow, this is interesting. <br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2006/05/31/california_seeks_to_bolster_election_clout.html">politicalwire.com/archive...clout.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>California Seeks to Bolster Election Clout<br>“Seeking to force presidential candidates to pay attention to California's 15.5 million voters, state lawmakers on Tuesday jumped aboard <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>a new effort that would award electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END-->,” reports the Los Angeles Times. <br><br>“Under a bill passed by the Assembly, California would join an <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>interstate compact</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> in which states would agree to cast their electoral votes not for the winner in their jurisdictions but for the winner nationwide.” <p></p><i></i>
