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  • A popular idea for making California's votes count

    07/17/2011 11:24:59 AM PDT · by thecodont · 121 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle / sfgate.com ^ | Saturday, July 16, 2011 | Marisa Lagos,Wyatt Buchanan, Chronicle Columnists
    It's a complaint that arises every four years, then quickly fades: the disproportionate power a small number of states have over the presidential contest. California lawmakers want to do something about it - in fact, they've tried for years, but were blocked by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. So just as they did in 2006 and 2008, legislators this week approved a proposal to make California relevant. Here's how it works: California's electoral votes are awarded in a winner-take-all manner. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of popular votes in California, he or she gets all the state's 55 electoral...