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    Which Way, L.A.?

    California's Electoral Challenge

    In America’s indirect presidential election system, voters in each state choose representatives to the Electoral College . All except Maine and Nebraska let the winner take all.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In America’s indirect presidential election system, voters in each state choose representatives to the Electoral College. All except Maine and Nebraska let the winner take all. In California, Republicans are gathering signatures for a ballot measure to change the system by allocating electoral-college votes according to which candidate wins each Congressional district.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, To the Point

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Kevin Eckery

      Spokesman for the Presidential Election Reform Act initiative campaign

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      Democratic strategist

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      Rick Hasen

      professor of law and the director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA

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    California and the Next President of the United States
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