{"id":14186,"date":"2019-03-15T14:45:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T21:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:57","slug":"the-line-should-new-mexico-change-electoral-college-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-should-new-mexico-change-electoral-college-process\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Should New Mexico Change Electoral College Process?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/geNQ2pQB1bw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>March 8, 2019 \u2013 A bill to assign New Mexico\u2019s electors to the <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/2019\/03\/12\/senate-passes-presidential-popular-vote-bill\/\">winner of the national popular vote<\/a> made it to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s desk this legislative session.\u00a0 Only five times in our country\u2019s history has the popular vote winner lost the Electoral College. Is a change warranted?<\/p>\n<p>Gene Grant and the Line opinion panelists debate the proposal for New Mexico to back the nation\u2019s popular vote in presidential races.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Merritt Allen, owner and executive director, Vox Optima LLC<br \/>\nDede Feldman, former NM State Senator<br \/>\nTom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney<\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/legislature\/state-senate-panel-backs-bill-to-change-electoral-college-process\/article_32788fbb-d2a4-5ecd-8f4d-00200ee8b593.html\">State Senate panel backs bill to change Electoral College process<\/a> <\/u>\u2013 by Andrew Oxford, <em>Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 8, 2019 \u2013 A bill to assign New Mexico\u2019s electors to the winner of the national popular vote made it to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham\u2019s desk this legislative session.\u00a0 Only five times in our country\u2019s history has the popular vote winner lost the Electoral College. 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