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In 1992, 40 percent of Coloradans voted for Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton. Republican George H.W. Bush won 36 percent of the state's vote, and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot pulled in 23 percent. Mr. Clinton, however, won all of the state's electorals.

Political newspaper columnist Susan Barnes-Gelt opposes the amendment saying it will empower third parties to ill effect. Under the proposed amendment, Mr. Perot would have won one electoral vote.

"You want Ross Perot negotiating with whoever the president of the United States is going to be, with a place at the table?" she asks.


Yes, yes I do. I want this country to break away from the two party rut it is in, and I want more parties to have a chance. 23% isn't a small amount to ignore.