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To: jim_trent

Not exactly—Nebraska and Maine give two EV (Senate) to the overall popular vote winner of the state, while the remaining votes are given to the candidate who wins each Congressional district.


7 posted on 08/16/2007 6:01:53 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: OCCASparky

That is exactly the plan being proposed in California. The overall winner gets the two “Senators” electors, each “Congressional” elector is individually elected.


12 posted on 08/16/2007 6:12:31 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: OCCASparky
Not exactly—Nebraska and Maine give two EV (Senate) to the overall popular vote winner of the state, while the remaining votes are given to the candidate who wins each Congressional district.

Actually that's exactly what this proposal entails.

17 posted on 08/16/2007 6:26:31 AM PDT by xjcsa (Hillary Clinton is nothing more than Karl Marx with huge calves.)
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