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Popular vote initiative draws critics

Fairness questioned in Electoral College bill

By Stephanie Ebbert
Globe Staff / August 2, 2010

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As supporters see it, the proposal could hardly be any more democratic with a lowercase “d.’’ The National Popular Vote would ensure that every vote counts in presidential elections and would abandon the Electoral College system that gave George W. Bush a victory in 2000, despite his losing the popular vote. (Full article: 1028 words)

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