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 John Richardson - Oct. 1, 2008

This is actually a much fairer proposal in that it allocates electoral votes by who wins a congressional district than some of the other proposals out there. For example, in my home state of North Carolina, there is a serious proposal by DEMOCRATS to give the state's electoral votes to whomever wins the nationwide popular vote regardless of how the state voted. If you want to talk about disenfranchising voters, let's talk about the NC Democrats proposal.