Stealing The 2008 Vote

TomPaine by Rob Richie | Aug. 29, 2007 (News Analysis)

If you thought Tom DeLay's Texas gerrymandering scam in 2003 was bad, just wait. Now partisans are seeking to steal the 2008 presidential election.

It's that serious. Taking advantage of the frustration their supporters understandably feel about their powerless role in presidential elections, leading California Republicans are promoting an initiative to divide California's slate of 55 electoral votes. Rather than all electoral votes going to the ... Full Story »

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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

This is not the first story I've seen on this topic since I'm a political activist and live in California. But I thought Richie did a good job of giving possible solutions, showing the actual impact the law would have using the 2000 presidential vote as an example, and relating it to the bigger picture of people's sense of unfairness with our current electoral college system.

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