Virginia Senate Bill 277 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-01-29 - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (2-Y 9-N)

Electoral College. Provides that the Commonwealth's votes in the Electoral College shall be allocated by the popular vote statewide and in each congressional district. The candidates for President and Vice President who win the popular statewide vote will receive the votes of the two at-large statewide electors and the candidate who wins the popular vote in each congressional district will receive the vote of that district's elector. Maine and Nebraska allocate electoral college votes in this manner. This bill is identical to

Electoral College; votes therein shall be allocated by popular vote for President & Vice President.

Sen. John Miller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-01-29		Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Privileges and Elections (2-Y 9-N)
2008-01-08		Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2008-01-08		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 080719275

HB42 (Same As) 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+SB277