Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed the measure into law Friday, uniting Colorado with 11 other states and the District of Columbia in the
The other states that have enacted the legislation are Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, New Jersey, New York, Illinois and California. New Mexico, whose Senate approved the legislation earlier this week, could be the next state to join. Under the Constitution, states have the power to determine how they award their electoral votes in national elections. Most states have winner-take-all laws, which award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most votes within the state. Two states, Maine and Nebraska, split their electoral votes to reflect the proportion of popular votes in their states.
Five of the nation's elected presidents have taken office without winning the national popular vote, including Donald Trump in 2016. Electoral college losses can be narrow: If John F. Kerry had 60,000 additional votes in Ohio in 2004, he would have won the election, even though President George W. Bush was 3 million votes ahead in the popular vote.
This is the beginning of the end
It would never hold up in court. It would invalidate the election.
Pretty sure you can’t just do that
Ignoring the vote of the state's own ppl, an end of Free Mkt & Individual Liberty as freedom Is removed
As opposed to who their people vote for? WTF?
Getting rid of the electoral college is beyond stupid.
Suicide for the States. No more having to campaign or even give consideration in Washington to the States with lower populations.
That is retardant!!!! LA & NY will decide who is president
I can see a big SCOTUS fight.
It’s unconstitutional and it won’t happen. Why is CO. wanting to follow CA. footsteps. Another great state going in the toilet!
Wouldn't it be more proper to move from winner-take-all to proportional distribution of the electoral votes? That would implement democracy more effectively, I think.
That means every 4 yrs only 10 states California, NY, FL, TX, IL, MI, OH, WA, WS and CO will decide who our future President will be. Fuck the other 40. Some nuts R planning a Civil War. Should Minority citizens amass heavy weapons, poison gas & bombs for protection? They might.
So let’s call one candidate R and the other D. R wins your state’s popular vote but doesn’t get your states electoral votes because candidate D has more votes nationally .... maybe flyover states should allot their electoral votes to more enlightened elitist states?
So why be a State, then?
“... list of states disenfranchising their own voters “. Fixed it for you.
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