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Virginia lawmaker proposes new GOP-friendly electoral college system
Liberal watchdogs have blasted a Virginia state senator’s proposal to change how the state awards its electoral college votes, describing it as an attempt to disenfranchise voters. Republican state Sen. Bill Carrico’s bill would replace the current winner-takes-all system with a system that allocates most of Virginia’s 13 electoral college…
US electoral map gives Hispanics more heft: study
The new electoral map that emerged from the 2010 US census favors Hispanics, the largest US minority group, as some states in which they live will win more representation in Congress, a study found Wednesday. States with growing populations such as Texas and Florida will pick up extra congressional seats,…
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