Colorado To Vote on Electoral College Plan

siriuskase writes "Is it too much to ask of our technology/math skills to award electorial votes in proportion to the popular vote? Colorado might be up to the task. From the article: On Nov. 2, voters will consider a proposal to immediately scrap the state's winner-take-all electoral vote system and allow candidates to keep a proportion of the delegates they win. In theory, a candidate could win 55 percent of the statewide vote and get only five of the state's nine electoral votes. If the proposal had been in place four years ago, Gore would have earned enough electoral votes to go to the White House. "

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a Battleground State

[dpilot]

Maybe making electors proportional to popular votes while remove Colorado from being a battleground state.

Maybe that would be a Good Thing for Coloradoans.

From what I hear, when you're a battleground state, you get two things:
1: Bribes, otherwise known as federally funded stuff.
2: Visits from politicians, ad nauseam.

From a practical point of view (1) is good and (2) is bad. From a theoretical/ethical point of view, (1) is bad and (2) is good. You weigh your reasons and take your pick.