Electoral Initiative Back... With Big Bucks?

[babsbunny]

http://www.kqed.org/weblog/capitalnotes/2007/10/electoral-initiative-back-with-big.jsp

With homage to Mark Twain and his wry remarks about those who declare death too soon, the initiative to change how California's votes for the White House are counted is back... and may have enough cash to gather the needed signatures in only three weeks.

The initiative, which received nationwide attention this summer, would mean that California's 55 electoral votes would almost all be doled out by the presidential winner in each of the state's congressional districts. And given the wide swath of GOP red in inland California, that could give the Republican nominee as many electoral votes here as could be won in Ohio.