[winner3000]

I'm not surprised that California would want this. As one of the populous states, they would want everything to be done by popular vote. Of course, the small population states would never allow it. This was the basic problem that split the large population states vs the small population states at the Constitution convention. They had to agree on the great compromise (mostly make Congress into a bicameral chamber, one of them representing a state based on population, the other where all the states are represented by 2 senators regardless of size).

[JeffAtlanta]

Ping...

I am curious on your take on this issue. It is obviously a Democratic Party powergrab attempt but I'd be interesting in hearing your view as this directly involves the "localities should be able to set their own rules" concept that you have written about many times.

[Republican Wildcat]

"When you're in first grade, if the person who got the second-most votes became class leader, the kids would recognize that this is not a fair system," he said.

A very dishonest analogy. The person who gets the most votes wins the state's electoral votes, not the person who won the second most.