Proposition 113: Replace The Electoral College With Popular Vote

This article intrigued me, I'm still pondering what problem I could be missing? Is it because it's not really one person, one vote, but all votes by electors in a state for the national popular vote winner? Or am I not understanding how votes would be tallied?

I hadn't thought about how, in most states, since the presidential race is pretty much already determined based on demographics, it makes the down ballot races less competitive and encourages money raised in the state to be spent elsewhere. I also could totally see how other measures are put on the ballot simply to push emotional buttons and keep voters from staying home in an effort to counteract that apathy.

Krieger: A lonely Colorado conservative makes the case for one person, one vote
Dave Krieger, Special to The Colorado Sun | September 27, 2020

The loneliest job in Colorado politics this year is trying to convince Republican voters to support Prop 113, which has fallen to a self-described conservative activist from Michigan named Dennis Lennox.

“I’m a conservative first and a Republican second,” Lennox told me. “As a conservative, one person, one vote is a foundational principle. It doesn’t matter what state you live in, doesn’t matter what county you live in, doesn’t matter your gender, doesn’t matter your race, your ethnicity, national origin. One person, one vote.”

Lennox is nothing if not energetic. He has been barnstorming across Colorado for Prop 113 since January and estimates he’s addressed some sort of conservative gathering — a town hall forum, Republican county meeting, chamber of commerce social — in 45 of Colorado’s 64 counties.

Lennox believes many Republicans are arguing against their own future interests by rejecting a national popular vote.

“In Arizona, when this bill was introduced 10 years ago, two-thirds of the Republicans in the legislature supported it,” Lennox said. “In my home state of Michigan, almost every Republican supported it, including the Republican Speaker of the House. The compact has passed on a bipartisan basis elsewhere. In many states, more Republicans support it than Democrats do.”

Amid the madness of 2020, it’s easy for an idealistic effort to reinvigorate our democracy to get lost. If you believe in the principle of one person, one vote, and it seems ridiculous to you that a Floridian’s vote matters way more than yours in the selection of the next president, Prop 113 deserves your support.