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Colorado Senate Passes Bill Nixing Electoral College in Favor of Popular Vote
[BREITBART] The Democratic-majority Colorado state Senate passed a bill this week that would give the state’s electoral votes in presidential elections to the candidate who wins the popular vote instead of the Electoral College.Colorado’s Senate passed the bill in a 19-16 vote Tuesday along party lines. This will change the first time the political tables turn, which they will. The bill would mandate that the state’s members of the Electoral College vote for the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote. Under current state law, the state’s electoral college members cast their vote for the candidate who wins the election in Colorado. The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Mike Foote (D-Lafayette), would have allowed Colorado to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact with 11 other states and the District of Columbia. "This really isn’t a red versus blue idea. This is about making sure that the president of the United States is elected by the entire nation, not just a handful of ’battleground states’ that get to decide our presidential elections under the current system," Foote said of the bill in a statement. "All of Colorado’s voters should be heard, regardless of whether or not we are considered a battleground state." Posted by: Fred 2019-02-03 |
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