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There is a movement afoot, to bypass the Constitution, in all future Presidential elections. The Massachusetts Legislature has approved a new law intended to bypass the Electoral College system, set forth in the Constitution. The system set up in the Constitution, requires that each state’s electors, cast votes for the President and Vice President and present those votes to the President of the Senate for a final tally. What fouled this system up was that 48 States passed “winner-take-all ” rules, meaning that if candidate X got 51% of the vote in the state, he is awarded all of that states electoral votes. This is why Al Gore lost the election to Bush in 2000. Only 2 states, Maine and Nebraska, do not follow the winner-takes-all rule, dividing the votes, between the candidates, as required by the Constitution. It was not the electoral system that was at fault, it was the winner-take-all rules. Now, state by state, the Liberals are passing a national winner-take-all scheme. Illinois, New Jersey, Hawaii, Maryland, and Washington have approved this new system, which could nullify your vote. In Massachusetts, California, Colorado, Vermont and Rhode Island, the measure has already passed both Houses. Under this new system, the national popular vote will determine how your states electoral votes are cast. You could see all of your states electoral votes cast for a candidate, that didn’t win the majority of votes in your state. It is even possible to see all of your states …