The way it works is that the state would choose to award their electoral college votes to whomever wins the popular vote. It's a clever way around the electoral college. There wasn't anything in the article saying it could be unconstitutional, or their could be a court case. The major problem is that it relies on most other states adopting similar bills.
This is the same legislation that CA tried to pass last year but Arnie vetoed. A few other states have similar bills. I hope I can see in my lifetime the electoral college become obsolete and have nation-wide Presidential races (I'm 23, that's how pessimistic I am about it).
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