sf > wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:47:00 -0700, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

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>> this was the best I could find after a quick search (I've got chili
>> starting)
>>
>> http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2...the-party?lite
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/b93x3a7
>>
>I've been listening to explanations this afternoon and it seems to be
>that every county would count as one vote, no matter how many people
>that county includes. What a crock. Fortunately, it sounds like
>level headed Republicans are as repulsed by it as everyone else is -
>so hopefully it's a dead issue by the time you read this.

Whoa-- it is a stupid idea-- but not *that* stupid.
From the above link;
"have proposed awarding their Electoral College votes by congressional
district instead of the winner-take-all approach used by every state
except for two (Maine and Nebraska). "

In other words-- They are trying to replace the 'winner take all'
system with a proportional one. Counties and congressional
districts bear little resemblance to each other. The electoral
college votes for each state are the congressional districts +2.

Jim