Mississippi: legislator to introduce National Popular Vote plan
AP reports: The movement to junk the Electoral College and choose a president by a nationwide popular vote has come to Mississippi.
Legislation has been filed here and in 46 other states this year to award a state's electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote nationally.
Sen. Gloria Williamson, D-Philadelphia, filed the bill here. She said the effort, led by the National Popular Vote, is aimed at preventing a repeat of 2000, when Democrat Al Gore lost the electoral vote and, ultimately, the presidential race, despite getting more individual votes than Republican George W. Bush. -- SunHerald.com | 01/22/2007 | Miss. lawmaker says presidential Electoral College system is outdated