a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1353:"Michigan legislators are weighing possible changes to Electoral College rules.<br />
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Michigan is currently one of five states debating changes to how its Electoral College votes are counted.<br />
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Republicans want to change the rule that the popular vote winner gets all of that state's electoral votes. Instead they want to apportion the state's electoral votes according to which candidate gets the biggest popular vote in each of the 14 congressional districts.<br />
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If this would have been in effect in the last election Mitt Romney would have received a majority of Michigan's 16 electoral votes last year, even though Obama beat him by a nearly 450,000 popular votes.<br />
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There are plans to introduce a bill that would award all but two of Michigan's 16 Electoral College votes according to congressional district results. The remaining two would go to the candidate winning the statewide majority.<br />
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The U.S. Constitution allows each state to determine how it will split up its share of the 538 electoral votes available. <br />
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For an article on the issue click on the following story link :<br />
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