Would You Like to See Changes to the Current Electoral Vote System?
Some Republicans want electoral votes to be allocated by congressional districts.
Republicans in Virginia and some other battleground states were seeking to change their Electoral College processes to counter recent victories by Democrats. There are some doubts, however, that these plans will get too far as some top Republicans are not in support of the idea. According to the Washington Post and other media outlets, the plan would allocate all but two electoral votes by congressional districts won, and the last two by statewide popular vote. In almost all states, including Georgia, the electoral vote is now apportioned solely by the statewide popular vote. Under this proposed plan, President Obama would have won just four of Virginia's 13 electoral votes in the past election, rather than all of them. And according to …
Tammy Osier
1:42 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Chris, if I had a thin skin, I'd have to burn my computer. lol more ›