The OTHER GOP Plan To Blow Up The Electoral Vote

Benjy Sarlin, February 4, 2013, 6:10 AM 

GOP efforts to rig the Electoral College in favor of GOP presidential candidates may be close to dead, but a group of Republicans are hard at work at another plot to blow up the system: switch to the popular vote.

Although more closely associated with progressive circles in recent years, the idea has a number of conservative activists behind it as well. And there are signs it’s gaining momentum.