Amendment 36 could add a wrinkle to electoral college calculations.

jms — 9/26/2004 3:28:22 PM (archived)

Any opinions about Amendment 36 here in Colorado? Here's an article from the Denver Post about it: Dividing Colorado

Proponents say the plan will more accurately reflect voter wishes than the current system, in which the candidate who wins the greatest number of popular votes wins all nine of Colorado's electoral votes. In 1992, for example, Bill Clinton pulled in just 40 percent of Colorado's popular vote, but earned 100 percent of the state's Electoral College votes.

Opponents consider Amendment 36 to be an election-year ploy by Democrats to siphon votes from Bush. Gov. Bill Owens is mounting an aggressive campaign to defeat it and vows to challenge it in court if it disrupts the presidential election, or at least if it disrupts Bush's chances.

I've got mixed feelings about this and I would love to read HZ views to help me make up my mind.

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Amendment 36 could add a wrinkle to electoral college calculations. - jms - 9/26/2004 3:28:22 PM
- The merits can be discussed, but having a vote on the day of the election to decide how to apply the vote does not seem right. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 2:33:59 PM
- Amendment 36 is a very dumb idea - Larry J - 9/27/2004 1:41:24 PM
  - how 36 tries to get around Article II - jms - 9/27/2004 3:36:05 PM
    - Now, imagine if the EC vote count is close and Amendment 36 passes - Larry J - 9/27/2004 4:03:19 PM
- re: I think that it weakens your state's roll in the election. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2004 1:40:17 PM
  - The guy who is sponsoring Amendment 36 is from California - Larry J - 9/27/2004 3:21:15 PM
  - Increasing polarization of the country - E.P. Grondine - 9/27/2004 3:12:11 PM
- Colorado's Amendment 36: ballot details: (.pdf link) - jms - 9/27/2004 1:37:47 AM
  - from the reference desk: Colorado State Constitution - jms - 9/27/2004 4:42:44 PM
  - To be exact, "Amendment 36" is the addition of a new section (# 13) to Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. (n/t) - jms - 9/27/2004 3:18:33 PM
- Since when are there 36 amendments to the USA Constitution? - David F Mayer - 9/26/2004 11:09:36 PM
  - State Ammendment (n/t) - Mark Eby - 9/26/2004 11:22:11 PM
    - Thanks. (n/t) - DFM - 9/27/2004 5:19:29 AM
- It's Great. It Would Render An Outdated System Almost Null & Void - Mark Eby - 9/26/2004 9:44:44 PM
- re: Amendment 36 could add a wrinkle to electoral college calculations. - gbaikie - 9/26/2004 4:19:27 PM
  - The retroactive aspect gives me pause, too. (n/t) - jms - 9/26/2004 5:51:46 PM
- Electoral college was instituted to give power to slave states - E.P. Grondine - 9/26/2004 3:56:28 PM
  - This year Colorado is up for grabs, - jms - 9/26/2004 5:55:29 PM
    - The system serves nobody well - Robert - 9/27/2004 12:53:29 AM
    - I don't know the specifics of the propostion, but - E.P. Grondine - 9/26/2004 7:39:08 PM

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