[Slate]. Colorodo's Amendment 36, on the ballot Nov 2, will divide the state's electoral college votes in proportion to the popular vote, making it the first state to abandon the "all or nothing" rubric which insures presidential largess, pork, and a lot of focussed attention. If it passes, it applies retroactively to *this* year's vote. And, if the final tally is within the margin of this division (likely, the difference between each candidate getting 4-5 votes, or the full 9), then ConLaw lawyers stand at the ready to challenge the Amendment's constitutionality.
Thi could hold up the results of the 2004 election, for weeks.
Monday, October 25, 2004
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No need to worry. If a Bush victory is within the Supreme Court's power to grant, you may be sure that they will grant it to him post-haste.
I am guessing the main take-away from 2000 for Scalia et al. was the need to act faster in designating a winner so that the loser can concede and end all the messy fact-finding and argument-honing that only ends up making it harder for the Supremes to appoint the one they want, in the end.
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