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Nelson Proposes Election Reform Package Including Abolishing Electoral College

Posted Mar 26, 2008 by William March

Updated Mar 26, 2008 at 08:41 PM

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson will unveil a sweeping election reform package, including abolishing the Electoral College and setting up a rotating series of regional presidential primary elections, in an appearance before the Florida Senate Thursday.

Nelson’s proposal calls for:

—Early voting in every state. 

—Absentee ballots available on demand for any qualified voter—now in force in Florida.

—Grants to states to develop pilot projects for mail-in balloting and secure Internet voting.

—Eliminating voting machines that don’t produce a voting paper trail.

—A U.S. Constitutional Amendment to abolish the Electoral College.

It will also include a measure Nelson already has filed to establish six “rotating interregional primaries” for selecting presidential nominees. Under that proposal, all states would rotate occasionally into early primary dates.

“The goal is simple, one person, one vote,” Nelson will say in a speech to the Senate, copies of which were released late Wednesday.

“This election has provided further evidence that our system is broken.”