Murf76
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"Legislation signed last year by Gov. Jerry Brown seeks to give California more electoral clout, however. The law is part of a multi-state effort to circumvent the Electoral College system, the United Statess electoral system that confers disproportionate power on sparsely-populated and swing states."
"The National Popular Vote law would give Californias 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote. *Implementation relies on an Interstate Compact where states representing a majority of Electoral College votes, 270, must sign on in order for the agreement to take effect. If the movement succeeds, those states would wield enough power to ensure that the national popular vote winner becomes President.
Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Jersey, Washington state and Washington D.C have all signed on in addition to California, bringing the movement about halfway to its needed threshold."
Legislation Puts California on the Electoral Map - Belmont, CA Patch
If the law "...would give Californias 55 Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote", isn't that screwing Californians out of their vote?
I mean, say the national vote goes to Romney and the vote in California goes to Obama... that would mean that Californians didn't really get a vote, they've deferred their vote to the national will of other states. They're more or less abdicating the right of Californians to vote in national elections. I can't see how that stands up in court against any Californian who chooses to sue.