Associated Press
CARSON CITY — A national effort to elect United States presidents by popular vote is finding support in the Democrat-controlled Nevada Legislature.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2n574MV ) 11 states have already signed on. They account for 30 percent of all Electoral College votes.
America’s founders designed the winner-take-all system in part to ensure a voice for rural regions.
Proponents of Assembly Bill 274 say making every vote count equally would enfranchise voters in states that are not political battlegrounds like Nevada.
Republican Sen. Ira Hansen of Sparks pointed out at a Tuesday hearing the state’s elevated status has benefited Nevada to a tune of $55 million last election.
Five of the nation’s 45 presidents, including Donald Trump, have won the White House without the popular vote.
Sixteen Democratic lawmakers support the proposal.
I guess you want California and New York to run the rest of the country. Yeah, a really great Idea!
I also see how this popular vote works in the State of Nevada. Seems Clark County is running the rest of the State of Nevada, from the results of the last election. Maybe we need an electoral college in Nevada!
What a disaster that would be for about 10 state to determine the presidential election. Wake up people this will not increase the stature of Nevada in any sense. Harry is always finagle politics to suit him and his puppets. The founding fathers knew what they were doing.
If Hillary had an electoral victory, you wouldn’t be reading about this.
Wake up people! Getting rid of the electoral college is the worst that could happen to USA!!
Democrats at it again. If they can’t control it they’ll change the law. No way is this good for America. Recall the morons that keep pushing it.