According to the L.A.Times
Plagued by a lack of money, supporters of a statewide initiative drive to change the way California's 55 electoral votes are apportioned, first revealed here by Top of the Ticket in July, are pulling the plug on that effort.In an exclusive report to appear on this website late tonight and in Friday's print editions, The Times' Dan Morain reports that the proposal to change the winner-take-all electoral vote allocation to one by congressional district is virtually dead with the resignation of key supporters, internal disputes and a lack of funds.
They also are running out of time... needed to have signatures in by November for the June ballot. Democratic leaders will keep an eye out to make sure that this dirty trick doesn't rear its ugly head again... the one concern, IMO, would be for them to try again and have it be on next year's *November* ballot and somehow be retroactive...
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