Republicans in California are proposing a ballot initiative that would split the state's electoral votes and end the winner-take-all approach -- a change that could dramatically affect the outcome of the 2008 presidential election. The measure would award a single electoral vote to the presidential winner in each of the state's 53 congressional districts and two to the statewide victor. A required 434,000 signatures are needed by Dec. 1 to get the initiative on the June ballot. (You can read some background on this in Gloria Penner's October 1st blog post.)

Republicans say the proposal is aimed at attracting presidential candidates to campaign in California --something they rarely do because the statewide vote usually leans Democratic. Opponents call the proposal an attempt to steal Democratic votes.

What do you think? Is this an attempt to steal the presidential election or a much-needed electoral reform?

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