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Democrats target electoral-vote plan that could tilt 2008 race« Thread Started on Aug 16, 2007, 7:27am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Democrats target electoral-vote plan that could tilt 2008 raceBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political WriterArticle Launched: 08/16/2007 12:49:48 AM PDTread at source> http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews ... check=1LOS ANGELES—Leading Democrats are uniting with Hollywood producer Steven Bing and hedge fund manager Tom Steyer to block a California ballot proposal they fear could hand the 2008 presidential election to the Republican nominee. A lawyer with ties to the Republican Party wants California voters to change the way the nation's most populous state awards its electoral votes—a proposal Democrats call a power grab but supporters describe as a blueprint for fairness in presidential contests. California allots its cache of 55 electoral votes to the statewide winner in presidential elections, a practice followed in most states. But the proposal calls for awarding only two electoral votes to the statewide winner and the rest would be distributed to the winning candidate in each of the state's congressional districts. The change, in effect, would create 53 races with one electoral vote each that would make the state into a grab-bag for candidates in both parties. California has voted Democratic in the last four presidential elections. The change—if it qualifies for the June primary ballot and is approved by voters—would mean that a Republican would be positioned the following November to snatch 20 or more electoral votes in GOP-leaning districts. That's a number equal to winning Ohio. In what is shaping up as an important subplot to the 2008 race, a political committee is being formed by Steyer that will raise money—possibly tens of millions of dollars—to defeat the GOP-backed idea. The committee is being supported by U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Democratic leaders in the Legislature. The proposal is a "power grab orchestrated by the Republicans," Feinstein and Boxer said in a joint statement. It's "another cynical move to keep the presidency in Republican control." Democrats were scheduled to announce formation of the committee, Californians for Fair Election Reform, Thursday.
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