Bills to Rig Electoral College Surfacing Again...What Are Your Thoughts?

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Was reading this, and I don't know as much as I should about it. Hoping to learn more here from your thoughts and opinions on this issue, full article here. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/03/15/3633859/bill-rig-electoral-college-resurfaces-michigan/


Proposals to make the Electoral College more favorable to Republicans have surfaced but, thus far, gone nowhere in several states since the lead-up to President Obama’s reelection.

Though they vary in details, the common element in each of these plans is that they would award electoral votes to Republicans in states won by President Obama, while ensuring that red states continue to award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the state as a whole.

And, while these proposals have thus far failed to gain traction in state legislatures, it’s important to note that they could be passed at any time.

As the 2016 election draws close, in other words, if Republicans fear that they are headed towards another loss to the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee, they could pass such an election-rigging plan in a state where they control the legislature and the governor’s mansion at the height of the presidential campaign.
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Totally against Gamrat's bill. That would highly bias results to favor rural districts. Gerrymandering has been taken to a new
level recently. The other one: Does that mean third party candidates' votes would go to the loser of the two major parties? Surely not.
 
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The GOP wants the Whitehouse, the Congress, the Supreme Court so they can run rampant with little appeal by you and I. Given the chance they will do anything to achieve those goals aided by voters who truly have been lulled into a light sleep by the big smiles and handshakes.
 
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