Same way as the last two times — by stealing it.

Here’s the latest scheme: a ballot measure that would shift California’s electoral votes into “proportional representation,” which would have had the effect in recent elections of shifting 22 votes to the Republicans. This measure is entirely funded by Republicans for the benefit of Republicans. The name of the “committee” behind this? “Californians for Equal Representation.” It would be laughable if its goals weren’t so potentially achievable.

If we really wanted “Equal Representation,” we would either abolish the Electoral College — something I note that the GOP is not clamoring for, given their result in 2000 — or we would enact this reform across the country rather than simply one state.

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