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Lawsuits challenge Electoral College System in four U.S. States
Reuters/MSN ^ | 2-21-2018 | Nate Raymond

Posted on 02/21/2018 5:17:34 PM PST by tcrlaf

A coalition that includes a Latino membership organization and a former Massachusetts governor filed lawsuits on Wednesday challenging how four U.S. states allocate their Electoral College votes in presidential elections.

The lawsuits were filed in federal courts in Massachusetts and California, states that went for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in 2016, and South Carolina and Texas, where a majority of votes went to Republican U.S. President Donald Trump.

The lawsuits challenge the winner-take-all system used in those states to select electors who cast votes for president and vice president in the Electoral College after a presidential election. Forty-four other states and the District of Columbia also use that system.

Under that system, the candidate who wins the popular vote in a given state gets all its electors. To win the presidency, a candidate must win at least 270 votes from the 538 electors in the Electoral College

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To: Buckeye Battle Cry
I like the proposal of dividing electoral votes based on congressional districts with the majority winner in each state getting the two additional votes for the senators.

That's a great idea!

Let's test in out in the 20 states Hillary won.

If it works, maybe in 40 years, we can think about implementing it in the other 30 states.......maybe.......

41 posted on 02/22/2018 4:55:15 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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