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@rickhasen My 8th graders have a question: Possible 4 states 2change their electoral vote system to proportional instead of winner take all?

yes, it's been proposed and voted down (in Colorado for example). Would make state less important in electoral college

would it have to be an amendment or could individual states adopt it?

Under Article II of the Constitution, each state legislature chooses rules for picking electors in that state

they want to know if would it be reasonable if California would give out their electoral votes like Maine and Nebraska?

Doing so would turn 55 solid Democratic votes into a split with Republicans (in R cong. dists). Dems would never go for it