[aristeides]

The virtue of the Maine-Nebraska system is that it limits the effects of electoral fraud to those congressional districts in which it occurs.

[Galatians513]

The virtue of the Maine-Nebraska system is that it limits the effects of electoral fraud to those congressional districts in which it occurs.

EXACTAMUNDO! The Florida debacle would never have occurred. And GW would have won a number of votes from my home state of Iowa, which is conservative but for the major cities (Des Moines, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City)...

[adingdangdoo]

The virtue of the Maine-Nebraska system is that it limits the effects of electoral fraud to those congressional districts in which it occurs.

Yep, the Florida battle would have been over just two electoral votes (three, if Palm Beach county was close, which I doubt). Awarding electoral votes by CD seems to be much fairer, and limits the effects of vote fraud much better than the current winner-take-all format.