2008-06-07 News from the Votemaster

2008-06-07 \US/Electoral College\US electoral reform\Bill Nelson\2008 US presidential election\National Popular Vote Interstate Compact http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Jun07.html News from the Votemaster &ldquo;there is another move afoot to de facto abolish the electoral college without amending the constitution. Each state is free to cast its electoral votes as dictated by state law. Most states use winner-take-all, but Maine and Nebraska cast them by congressional district, with two extra votes for the statewide winner. Nothing prevents a state from using a different formula. There is a movement for a National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in which states would agree to cast all their electoral votes for the national popular vote winner, irrespective of how the state voted. If states with 270 electoral votes agree to this compact, the electoral college will be effectively abolished.&rdquo;   