| On May 7, the Nevada Senate Legislative Operations and Elections Committee took testimony on AB 413, the National Popular Vote bill. The committee will vote later. See this article in the Nevada Appeal (Carson City's newspaper), which describes arguments against the plan by Janine Hansen of the Constitution Party, and also testimony against the plan by a representative of the ACLU. Hansen is quoted as saying that one trouble with the plan is that eleven states would determine the outcome of presidential elections. Ironically, under the existing system, eleven states control the outcome of presidential elections. These eleven states hold 271 electoral votes, a majority: California (55), Florida (27), Georgia (15), Illinois (21), Michigan (17), New Jersey (15), New York (31), North Carolina (15), Ohio (20), Pennsylvania (21), and Texas (34). All of these states except Georgia and Texas voted for Barack Obama in 2008. |
Friday, May 8, 2009
FW from Ballot Access News: Nevada Senate Hears National Popular Vote Bill
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