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Each state has the power, with simple legislation, to fix its status as a political afterthought. No approval is needed from anyone outside the state.
Under the Constitution, each state chooses a special slate of “electors,” usually prominent citizens but not public officials, to choose the president. Each state receives a number of electors equal to the combined number of senators and House members the state has in Congress. Thus, California, with two senators and 52 House members, gets 54 electors, while Delaware, with two senators and only one representative, gets three electors.
That approach, however, features a drawback.
Nebraska and Maine, each with small populations, already do this. Each allocates two electors to the statewide winner, plus one elector each to the plurality winner in each congressional district. As it happens, each state has a district that is competitive even though the state as a whole is not. Nebraska overall votes solidly Republican, but one of its congressional districts tends to give a narrow win to the Democratic candidate.
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