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	Ratification of Constitutional Amendments - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
		This amendment was specifically rejected by Delaware on Feb 8, 1865; by Kentucky on Feb 24, 1865; by New Jersey on Mar 16, 1865; and by Mississippi on Dec 4, 1865.
		This amendment was specifically rejected by Kentucky on Mar 12, 1869; by Delaware on Mar 18, 1869; by Ohio on Apr 30, 1869; by Tennessee on Nov 16, 1869; by California on Jan 28, 1870; by New Jersey on Feb 7, 1870; and by Maryland on Feb 26, 1870.
		This amendment was specifically rejected by Georgia on Jul 24, 1919; by Alabama on Sep 22, 1919; by South Carolina on Jan 28, 1920; by Virginia on Feb 12, 1920; by Maryland on Feb 24, 1920; by Mississippi on Mar 29, 1920; by Delaware on Jun 2, 1920; and by Louisiana on Jul 1, 1920.
	www.usconstitution.net /constamrat.html (944 words)

	Colorado Amendment 36 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was a ballot initiative for an amendment to the state constitution.
		The amendment is deeply intertwined with the 2004 presidential election, in which Republican George W. Bush ran against Democrat John Kerry.
		The applicability of this amendment to a presidential vote being conducted simultaneously was questioned and might have been the subject of a legal dispute had the amendment passed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_Amendment_36 (330 words)

	Amendment 36 Q&A
		Amendment 36 is the equivalent of unilateral disarmament.
		Amendment 36 splits all the electoral votes according to the split of the state-wide popular vote.
		Colorado's population is 17 percent minority, twice that of Wyoming...
	www.freecolorado.com /2004/10/36qa.html (3671 words)

	Making every vote count \| US elections 2004 \| Guardian Unlimited
		Colorado has grown accustomed to an intense political spotlight over the last month, with John Kerry and George Bush, their running mates, their daughters, their wives and extended families all making stops here to campaign in an unexpectedly close race.
		Amendment 36 would divide the state's nine electoral votes between the candidates based on their percentage of the popular vote.
		Opponents say Amendment 36 would erase Colorado from the candidates' political radar, as there would no longer be any point in showering attention on a state where the likely advantage of a win would be only one electoral vote.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uselections2004/electoralcollege/story/0,14253,1337931,00.html (561 words)

	Colorado Amendment 36 - Slider
		Rather than assigning all 9 of the state's electors to the candidate with a plurality of popular votes, under the amendment, Colorado would have assigned presidential electors proportionally to the statewide vote count, which would be a unique system (Nebraska and Maine assign electoral votes based on vote totals within each congressional district).
		As Colorado was expected to lean towards Bush, the passage of this amendment (generally favored by Democrats and opposed by Republicans), could have taken some electoral votes from Bush and assigned them to Kerry.
		The applicability of this amendment to a presidential vote being conducted simultaneously was questioned and might have been the subject of a legal dispute had the amendment passed.
	enc.slider.com /Enc/Colorado_Amendment_36 (291 words)

	BISC -- Past Spotlight: Election Reform 2004
		Amendment 36 is based on the principle that every vote should count, unlike our current system where votes are cancelled out by majority opinion.
		Constitutional Amendment 1, Arkansas--Would extend the term limits applicable to the Arkansas House of Representatives from three two-year terms to six two-year terms and the term limits applicable to members of the Arkansas Senate from two four-year terms to three four-year terms.
		Amendment C-42, Montana--Referendum to extend the term limits for legislators from serving a maximum of eight years in a 16-year period to 12 years in a 24-year period.
	www.ballot.org /index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={22CB6F72-B092-46F2-8D03-7A85C4EF7F6D}&DE={F5EA95F9-7F31-4F0E-A6C1-9BFDDB94DCAE} (925 words)

	CSIndy: Seeing red and blue (August 19, 2004)
		Amendment 36, which was approved for the ballot last week, seeks to change how the state distributes its Electoral College votes, beginning with the Nov. 2 election.
		Colorado's Amendment 36 supporters -- who call their committee the Make Your Vote for President Count -- say the measure shouldn't be seen in partisan terms.
		Amendment 36 backers intend to raise at least another $500,000 for their campaign effort, she added.
	csindy.com /csindy/2004-08-19/news.html (870 words)

	AMEND36.HTM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		An initiated amendment to Article VII of the Colorado Constitution adding a new section requiring the proportional selection of presidential electors.
		In Colorado, each political party chooses nine electors who pledge to support that party's candidate for president and vice president.
		Colorado, with nine electoral votes, currently has as much Electoral College clout as Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana combined.
	www.members.aol.com /lwvco/AMEND36.html (569 words)

	Colorado Amendment 36 - America's Debate
		If Amendment 36 passes, the outcome of the election could be impacted, with most analysist thinking that it would help Kerry and hurt Bush.
		I'm particularly impressed with colorado's proposal, in that the states electoral votes are representative of the proportion of voters.
		Amendment 36 will give Coloradans who have not had voices under the old rules to finally be heard in presidential elections.
	www.americasdebate.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7650 (2815 words)

	How Kerry could lose and win it. - By Bryan Curtis - Slate Magazine
		In 2000, the winner of Colorado's popular vote claimed all of the state's electors, just as in every state but Nebraska and Maine, where electors are distributed to winners of the states' congressional districts.
		But if Amendment 36 passes, Colorado's electors would be allocated to each candidate by their share of the popular vote—meaning that if Kerry narrowly loses, he would claim four votes while Bush would win the other five.
		The amendment advocates are led by a whip-smart consultant named Julie Brown, who works in a spare office near the state capitol.
	www.slate.com /id/2108498 (1697 words)

	USATODAY.com - Plan would hurt small states (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But that in and of itself is not the reason proposed Amendment 36 on the Nov. 2 ballot is bad for Colorado.
		Amendment 36 is bad for Colorado, which is no doubt why it's being bankrolled by out-of-state interests.
		Colorado would lose influence on such vital federal issues as military base closings, highways and water — the very issues that have the greatest impact on our economy and way of life.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2004-09-19-oppose_x.htm (467 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		Colorado is considered a safe state for Bush, so the likely result of Amendment 36, if it passes, would be to award five electoral votes to him and four to John Kerry.
		The race does not look so close this time, so the immediate consequence of Amendment 36 would more likely be to set the most encouraging example since Michigan Democrats installed proportional voting in 1892, only to see the Republicans erase it four years later.
		But if the presidency should hang on a split vote in Colorado, the final call would be made once again by an unelected elite for whom the framers never envisioned a role when they provided for indirect election of the president.
	www.fairvote.org /e_college/dyckmanarticle.htm (811 words)

	Key state weighs whether to drop winner-take-all system - The Boston Globe
		DENVER-- Colorado voters will soon decide whether to change the way their nine electoral votes are allocated, from the current winner-take-all system to one in which electoral votes would be split according to the popular vote.
		While most of the prominent Amendment 36 supporters are Democrats, both Democrats and Republicans in the state have lined up against the Nov. 2 ballot question.
		In the Amendment 36 debate, the example most often cited is that 40 percent of Coloradans voted for Democrat Bill Clinton for president in 1992, with Republican George H. Bush winning 36 percent of the vote and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot 23 percent.
	www.boston.com /news/politics/president/articles/2004/10/18/key_state_weighs_whether_to_drop_winner_take_all_system (732 words)

	The Black Commentator - Black Vote Smothered by Electoral College - Issue 111
		Had Amendment 36 been in force in 2000, Al Gore would have hit the magic number 270 with three of Colorado’s proportionally awarded electoral votes — and without Florida.
		However, the Colorado model would work a sea change in the South, where the Electoral College is not merely a quaint “antique,” as the Los Angeles Times editorialized on October 24, but a blood-soaked tool of racial oppression that renders Black voters less than 50 percent citizens in presidential elections.
		Colorado’s Amendment 36 is the closest thing to it, without going through a (very long and grueling) U.S. Constitutional amendment process.
	www.blackcommentator.com /111/111_electoral_college_pf.html (1327 words)

	The Journal Nation Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		While in Colorado, it is essential that the campaign try to dissuade voter from relinquishing the value of their state's electoral votes, by encouraging a "no" vote on Amendment 36.
		I hope that Colorado will pass amendment 36 and that all states will pass similar laws in the coming years so that all voters' votes will be more equally weighted across the entire country.
		Amendment 36 might be a good notion to consider on a nationwide scale, but the proponents of it should be prepared for a lot of time in court to defend it's merits...
	pub25.bravenet.com /forum/2106918156/show/305257 (1473 words)

	Reforming the Electoral College - A Wish for the Success of Colorado State Amendment 36
		In this article he hopes for a close election and the passage of Amendment 36 on the Colorado State ballot that would amend the state constitution to apportion the electoral college votes of Colorado in line with the State's popular vote.
		Any effort to replace our state-based electoral system with a national popular vote would require a constitutional amendment, and its ratification could easily be blocked by a coalition of the 13 smallest states, which would naturally resist their presumed loss of political influence.
		Amendment 36 encourages us to rethink the idea that a state-based system of presidential elections is a key element of our federal system, helping to maintain the balance of power between Washington and the states.
	www.arikiart.com /blog/reforming_the_electoral_college.htm (1715 words)

	Proportional split of electoral votes on Colorado ballot - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics - October 07, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It all depends on the outcome of Amendment 36, a state ballot measure that would make Colorado the first state in the nation to split its electoral votes proportionally, replacing the state's winner-take-all system.
		Amendment 36 was written to take effect this year, which means its effect would be felt immediately.
		They note that Amendment 36 wasn't homegrown, but was the brainchild of J. Jorge Klor de Alva, a wealthy Californian who has contributed almost $700,000 to the measure.
	www.washingtontimes.com /national/20041007-014009-7753r.htm (829 words)

	Jon Christian Ryter -- The "Florida" of 2004
		Since Amendment 36 will still be nothing more than an issue on the ballot when the first votes are cast, splitting electors will not be law when those votes are cast.
		Colorado is "in play" this year due to the battle to gain the US Senate seat of retiring GOP senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
		In 1996, when the Colorado legislature changed the manner in which constitutional amendments were enacted, they were ratified by a simple majority vote.
	www.newswithviews.com /Ryter/jon66.htm (1208 words)

	The Journal Editorial Report . Elections . October 29, 2004 \| PBS
		On Election Day, Colorado voters are going to be making a decision about a constitutional amendment that would change the way the state assigns its votes in the Electoral College.
		The Colorado debate is the latest round in a fight that's been going on since the founders sat down to draft the constitution.
		If Colorado's Amendment 36 had been on the books in the last presidential election, George W. Bush -- who won just over half of Colorado's popular vote -- would have lost three electoral votes to Al Gore -- enough to put Gore in the lead.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/journaleditorialreport/102904/amendment36.html (866 words)

	Nov. 2 Debacle in the Making
		Amendment 36, if passed, would divide up Colorado's electoral college votes proportionately, depending on how many votes each candidate wins.
		Second, opponents of Amendment 36 could go to court claiming that it is unfair and unlawful to apply Amendment 36 retroactively to this election.
		There is little doubt that opponents of Amendment 36 will make a similar argument in the Colorado case because the initiative will have been passed by the voters of Colorado and not the Legislature.
	www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views04/0914-06.htm (772 words)

	The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Our View: Vote no on Amendment 36
		That said, Amendment 36 on the Nov. 2 election ballot should be defeated.
		Clearly, Amendment 36 is part of the fallout from the 2000 presidential election, when the nation's popular-vote winner, Al Gore, lost the electoral vote to President Bush.
		The most unnerving aspect of Amendment 36 is that the authors made it applicable to this year's election.
	www.steamboatpilot.com /section/archive/story/26207 (665 words)

	The Journal Editorial Report . Transcript . October 29, 2004 \| PBS
		On election day Colorado voters are going to be deciding on a Constitutional amendment that would change the way the state assigns its votes in the Electoral College.
		Amendment 36 would change that to make sure every person's vote is counted.
		The judge dismissed the suit, but it's central issue is likely to be heard in court again if the amendment passes; that when voters went to the polls they could not be sure how their votes would effect the electoral count.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/journaleditorialreport/102904/p_transcript_briefing.html (2179 words)

	Decision2004: Proposed amendment makes Colorado election enigma
		But a constitutional amendment on the Colorado ballot could change the definition of victory - and possibly the outcome of the presidential election.
		Colorado voters are considering a constitutional amendment that would change the state's representation in the Electoral College.
		Amendment 36 has added a wrinkle to the presidential election because it would take effect immediately.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/10/26/Decision2004/Proposed_amendment_ma.shtml (745 words)

	86 Amendment 36: Reggie Rivers' Take on 36 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		That's my main beef with Amendment 36: It changes the rules for electoral votes for an election that is already well underway.
		We do elections on a state by state basis because to do it using the popular vote on a national level would be a logistical nightmare, as described in this column by the WSJ Opinion Journal.
		If every state in the U.S used the proportional system and the change came in a non-election year, I most certainly would agree to it, but for Colorado to make the change alone means that we'll be playing the game according to different rules than the rest of the country.
	8636.blogspot.com /2004/09/reggie-rivers-take-on-36.html (416 words)

	Initiatives span political spectrum \| csmonitor.com
		Colorado's Amendment 36 would allocate the state's nine electoral votes proportionately to each candidate's popular vote instead of giving them all to the statewide winner.
		Amendment 37 in Colorado would require large state utilities to generate at least 10 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2015.
		Colorado may opt to split electoral votes based on presidential candidates' proportion of the popular vote.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/1102/p02s02-uspo.html (1392 words)

	alex chiang: web 6.0 » colorado amendment 36
		Amendment 36 is perhaps the most interesting issue raised for Colorado this election year, and unfortunately, I think it will be defeated.
		Colorado will likely become the least influential state in presidential elections because our current nine electoral votes will almost always be split 5-4.
		The other compelling aspect about Amendment 36 is that it gives the 3rd party candidates a reason to campaign here, as they would stand a chance to pick up an electoral vote or two.
	www.chizang.net /alex/blog/2004/10/21/colorado-amendment-36 (629 words)

	Any idea when Colorado's Amendment 36 (electoral college reform) will be voted on?
		I'm sure most of you have heard that there's a proposition in Colorado (Amendment 36) that their electoral votes should be split proportionally among the presidential candidates.
		Colorado is practically like four different states - Western 'We have all the water' Colorado, Eastern 'This looks like Kansas to me' Colorado, I-25, and Denver.
		The amendments that have been approved in Colorado tend to support the idea that a representative republic works a lot better than a true democracy.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?t=49216 (2160 words)

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