Plans are afoot on both the left and the right to alter the system of electing presidents without a constitutional amendment. On the left, it is proposed to short circuit the Electoral College by having states pass laws awarding their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote. Coming in the form of a binding interstate agreement, the plan is activated only after being adopted by states that collectively represent a majority of the Electoral College. At that point, all participating states will award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The plan is 61 percent of the way to activation, having been passed into law in 10 states and the District of Columbia. States still have time to act in 2015 to effect change by 2016, or at least keep momentum going to win by 2020. This plan would probably lead to more Democrat victories, especially considering that Democrats control the vote-counting in...(Read Full Post)