Electoral College in the spotlight, again.(The Dallas Morning News)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: October 22, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: David Jackson

WASHINGTON _ Electoral College critics are on a Rocky Mountain high.

Colorado will decide Nov. 2 whether to change the way it allocates electoral votes, a referendum that could win the presidency for George W. Bush or John Kerry _ and revive controversy over what activist Rob Richie calls "an accident waiting to happen," the Electoral College."

"If Colorado helps us get a national debate going, that's all to the good," said Richie, executive director of the Maryland-based Center for Voting and Democracy, which supports direct popular elections ...

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