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To: Killborn
CAn state legislators alter the way Presidents are elected? I thought they can't.

That's the thing about this legislation--it doesn't alter the electoral college system as defined in the constitution. States hold their own elections for the Presidency and define how the electoral college votes are allocated. Almost all states do winner take all, except for Maine I think, which allocates the electoral college votes by congressional district.

12 posted on 09/22/2006 12:01:36 AM PDT by frankensnake
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To: frankensnake

Thank you.

Every time I hear "changing the EC" I cringe because I know exactly what's coming.


13 posted on 09/22/2006 12:05:22 AM PDT by Killborn (Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
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