Tweaking voting for prez Popular vote winner would get backing of the Electoral College.(News) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: March 29, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Stuart Steers, Rocky Mountain News

Colorado could be in the forefront of an effort to effectively abolish the Electoral College if a bill sponsored by state Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon, D-Denver, becomes law.

Gordon's bill is part of a national movement to undo the role of the Electoral College, which became controversial in 2000 when Vice President Al Gore won a majority of the popular vote but still lost the election to George W. Bush in the Electoral College.

The plan would work like this: Colorado would enter into a compact with a number of other ...

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