Massachusetts Approves Plan to Bypass Electoral College

28 July 2010, 7:46 am

The Massachusetts Legislature "has approved a new law intended to bypass the Electoral College system and ensure that the winner of the presidential election is determined by the national popular vote," the Boston Globe reports. "Supporters are campaigning, state by state, to get such bills enacted. Once states accounting for a majority of the electoral votes (or 270 of 538) have enacted the ...... Read More »

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