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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:27 AM Feb 2019

Colorado Senate passes bill favoring popular vote over Electoral College

We can get rid of the Electoral College State by State.

The Colorado Senate this week passed a bill that would award the state's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the nationwide popular vote.

The Senate passed the measure along party lines in a 19-16 vote Tuesday, sending the bill to the state House for consideration.

The bill, known as the the national popular vote interstate compact, was sponsored by state Sen. Mike Foote (D), would require Colorado members of the Electoral College to cast their vote for the winner of the national popular vote.

The state’s nine electoral votes currently go toward the candidate who wins the majority of votes in Colorado.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/428015-colorado-senate-passes-bill-to-give-electoral-votes-to-presidential

Here's the status of National Popular Vote Bill in Each State
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status
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Colorado Senate passes bill favoring popular vote over Electoral College (Original Post) DesertRat Feb 2019 OP
Excellent!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2019 #1
All Democratic primary candidates should be asked to endorse this manor321 Feb 2019 #2
 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
2. All Democratic primary candidates should be asked to endorse this
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 11:32 AM
Feb 2019

This is our BEST chance to circumvent the electoral college.

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