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The Presidential Election Reform Act was a proposed initiative in the state of California to alter the way the state's electoral votes for president are distributed among presidential candidates. == Background == The initiative, (No. 07-0032 ), was proposed by a group called (Californians for Equal Representation ),〔(Petition to the Office of the Attorney General, July 17, 2007. ) Retrieved on September 23, 2007.〕 originally for placement on California's June 3, 2008, primary election ballot. The group's address was apparently the offices of (Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk ), a law firm that also has represented the California Republican Party in some matters,〔Hendrik Hertzberg, ("Votescam." ) ''New Yorker,'' August 6, 2007.〕〔Terry Heath, ("GOP secretly behind proposal to change California electoral disbursement solely to benefit its 2008 presidential candidate." ) ''Online Journal,'' August 31, 2007〕 and whose senior partner, Charles H. Bell Jr., serves as General Counsel to the California Republican Party.〔() "Website of Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP"〕 The initiative's sponsors sought to change the way California's presidential electoral votes are distributed. Currently, as in most states, California's votes in the electoral college are distributed in a winner-take-all manner; whichever presidential candidate wins the state's popular vote wins all 55 of the state's electoral votes. Under Initiative No. 07-0032, the state's electoral votes would instead have been awarded by Congressional district; the candidate who won a Congressional district's popular vote for president would have won an electoral vote representing that district, and the winner of the most electoral votes statewide would have won an additional two votes.〔(Legislative Analyst's Office. ) Retrieved September 23, 2007.〕 The proposed referendum's scheme is known as the District Method (a.k.a. the Maine-Nebraska Method), which describes the process by which voters in each of the state's congressional districts select a single elector, with the two remaining electors being selected by the aggregate popular vote of the entire state.〔(CRS Report: RL30804 - The Electoral College: An Overview and Analysis of Reform Proposals - NLE )〕 Under the District Method, a State's electoral votes can be split among two or more candidates, just as a state's congressional delegation can be split among multiple political parties. As of 2008, Nebraska and Maine are the only states using the District Method of distributing electoral votes.〔 〕 Maine started using the method with the 1972 presidential elections and Nebraska started using the method during the election of 1992.〔(Methods of Choosing Presidential Electors )〕〔"Nebraska's Vote Change." (April 7, 1991) ''The Washington Post''〕 The 2008 presidential elections was the first time Nebraska did not award all its electoral votes to a single candidate since switching to the District Method, as Barack Obama won the popular vote within the 2nd congressional district. Maine has yet to split its electoral votes since switching over to the District Method. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Presidential Election Reform Act」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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