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This story line is not farfetched. When the nation goes to the polls Nov. 2, Coloradans will also vote on Amendment 36. As of today, Colorado, like 47 other states and the District of Columbia, awards electoral votes on a winner-take-all basis. (Nebraska and Maine give two votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner in each congressional district, though in practice neither has ever split its allotment.) Amendment 36, which would take effect immediately, would divvy up Colorado's electoral votes based on the percentage of votes each candidate wins in the state...
...constitutional amendment, not an easy thing to pass when swing states like the current system, which affords them a disproportionate share of the candidates' attention. The Constitution gives state legislatures the power to decide how electors are chosen, and since 2000, legislators in 29 states have proposed bills eliminating winner-take-all systems. Not one bill has passed. The party that dominates the statehouse usually has an edge in presidential campaigns and is thus reluctant to share the state's electoral votes with the weaker party...
...that will probably be the most expensive House race in the country, with each side expected to spend $4 million. With the candidates trading charges of poster stealing and arguing over who is tougher on child kidnappers, neither one may come out of this ugly fight looking like a winner...
...Timor jungle. As you run through swamps, dodge land mines and avoid surveillance spotlights, you must elude--or kill--terrorist guards to stay alive. You can jump, crouch, climb and shoot your pistol. Stay in the shadows to avoid detection. Elegant graphics and exciting game play make it a winner...
...October 2002, Roger, his wife and their five children took possession of the house, while the senior Hickeys moved to a home at Classic Residences by Hyatt in nearby Glenview. Everyone felt like a winner. "Just knowing the house is still in the family has a lot of emotional value for me and my wife," says Jack. And Roger, who is the host of the family's Christmas Eve dinner this year, is delighted to be in the home he has loved for more than 25 years...