Republicans' Electoral College Plan In Michigan - Business Insider: ""It got no traction last year. There were people convinced Romney was going to win and this might take (electoral) votes from him."
In other words, as Kevin Drum observes, the interest in this measure is relating to helping Republicans, not actually improving democracy!
Later in the story, he attempted to explain why he thinks it would make each vote more important:
"Right now, in most states it's like the vote doesn't even matter to presidential candidates," Lund said. "If we do this, all of Michigan won't necessarily be in play, but maybe some of it will.""
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