If ballot measure 36 in Colorado passes on Nov 2, Colorado would allocate its 9 electoral votes proportionally. Support for this initiative, which is polarized along party lines, is waning because Ken Salazar, the Dem senate candidate, has spoken out against it.
Read today's article in The Hill for more details. Initial segment after the jump.
Support wanes for Colo. initiative to split electors
By Klaus Marre
DENVER -- A Colorado initiative that would split the state's electoral vote is losing momentum as Democratic senatorial candidate and state Attorney General Ken Salazar said he opposes the controversial measure and a new poll shows declining support for it.
Colorado Republican Party Chairman Ted Halaby predicted that Salazar's opposition will help defeat Amendment 36, which would award the state's electors in proportion to the popular vote each presidential candidate receives.
Opponents of the amendment say it is a partisan plan aimed at taking electoral votes away from President Bush, while its supporters say it would allow the votes of all Coloradoans to have an impact on the presidential election. Had it been in place in 2000, Al Gore would have become president.
While supporters of the initiative outnumbered opponents in earlier polls, the tide now appears to be turning like former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway changed the fate of games late in the fourth quarter.
"At first blush, [the amendment] sounds attractive the way they are promoting it," Halaby said. "But the more people know about it the less support it will have."
A Mason-Dixon poll released Monday showed that 44 percent of Coloradoans are opposed to Amendment 36 while 35 percent support the measure.
Salazar announced his opposition to Amendment 36 for the first time in a nationally televised debate Sunday on "Meet the Press."
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