California lawmakers... tried for years, but were blocked by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger... Here's how it works: California's electoral votes are awarded in a winner-take-all manner. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of popular votes in California, he or she gets all the state's 55 electoral votes. This legislation, already adopted in eight other states, would award the electoral votes of participating states to the candidate who wins the nation's popular vote.IOW, this "news" story doesn't make sense -- award the electoral votes based on the pop vote for the country, or for just CA? If the latter, should have listened to Ahnold, you Demwit asswipes. We will guarantee that Calfornia's electoral votes will never again go to a Demwit for Prez.
Mass. gov. signs national popular vote bill
Massachusetts' Electoral College votes would go to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, under a bill signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Deval Patrick.