We vote for a fairer way to decide national elections

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Author(s) Chicago Sun-Times editorial board
Source Chicago Sun-Times
Date March 1, 2006
URL http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20060301/ai_n16203300
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Quotes-start.png "Using such a system in the last election would have meant Bush won all of Illinois' electoral votes, even though Kerry easily carried the state. If that sounds strange, it's no stranger than Illinois and other populous states being virtually ignored by both parties during the last campaign, since one candidate or the other had them locked so early. That likely hurt the turnout in those noncompetitive states, affecting elections further down the ticket." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Compact should be passed on the topic National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.