Every time I see George Bush or John Kerry on TV, I have an incredible urge to do one thing… jump up and down and say,
Geoff Fox: My Permanent Record
Back when I was in school teachers would always scare me with stories of how my exploits would end up in my permanent record. I believe this is it! – Geoff Fox
Every time I see George Bush or John Kerry on TV, I have an incredible urge to do one thing… jump up and down and say,
The person who runs electoral-vote.com suggests on the Electoral College page (http://www.electoral-vote.com/info/electoral-college.html) that increasing the size of the House would help the big states/small states problem, and it would only require the passage of a law, rather than a constitutional amendment (to get rid of the Electoral College).
Of course, the winner-take-all problem would still be up to the states to fix (or not).
Keep an eye on Colorado this year. There’s a referendum on the Colorado ballot which would allocate the state’s electoral votes proportionately to the actual vote in the state. Not only will put Colorado back in play (instead of a lock for Bush), it could also make it this year’s Florida since there are likely to be court challenges to this if it passes.
There’s a pretty good overview in this Denver Post story:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~75~2422386,00.html