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News Regional & State News Republican lawmakers debate merit of plan to change Electoral College voting
Sunday, 18 September 2011 12:29

Republican lawmakers debate merit of plan to change Electoral College voting

Written by  Mary Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief

(Harrisburg) -- One Republican lawmaker says a plan to change the way the state allocates its electoral votes could turn up the heat on individual congressional districts and jack up the price of running a campaign. Congressman Joe Pitts of Lancaster County says he has questions about a state Senate proposal to allocate electoral votes by congressional district instead of the current method, which gives all the state's votes to the presidential candidate that wins the statewide popular vote. Some analysts say the change would remove Pennsylvania's status as a battleground state and make its individual congressional races more fiercely contested. Pitts says that's what he's worried about. "I probably wouldn't be impacted as much, you know, in a safe Republican area, so I've got to be sensitive to the concerns of some of my colleagues, who are really worried about it," he says. Pitts says the Pennsylvania congressional delegation has a meeting with Governor Corbett tomorrow and they plan to discuss the issue further. The governor supports the proposal, put forward by state Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi. They both say it would more accurately reflect the will of individual Pennsylvanians.

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Mary Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief

Mary Wilson, Capitol Bureau Chief

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