Purple States Push Drastic Electoral College Changes

Had proposed reforms been in place, Romney would have won 2012 election

January 25, 2012 RSS Feed Print

Del. Charles Carriso, R-Grayson, gestures during a meeting of the Senate courts of Justice Committee at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 23, 2009. The committee voted to kill Carrico's bill relating to prayers provided by State Police chaplains.

Then-Del. Charles Carriso at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., in 2009.

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"Anyone who voted for Governor Romney, and many Pennsylvanians did, does not have any reflection of that vote in the electoral college vote," Pileggi told Bloomberg News. "This is a proposal that is not party specific or partisan in any way, but just an attempt to have the popular vote reflected in the electoral college vote."

Following the election, Ohio's Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted hinted at splitting the state's electoral votes as well, but later reconsidered.

Maine and Nebraska already split their votes, though Obama won all five of Maine's and Romney all four of Nebraska's last year.

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