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Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE MONICA
COMMITTEE STUDIES: Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental
Affairs to study Louisiana's role in the election of the president of the U.S.
A STUDY REQUEST1
To the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study Louisiana's role in2
the election of the president of the United States and to report its findings to the3
House of Representatives prior to the convening of the 2012 Regular Session of the4
Legislature of Louisiana.5
WHEREAS, states are divided into "battleground" and "flyover" states during the6
general election of the president of the United States based on whether a state is competitive7
amongst the candidates (battleground) or not competitive (flyover); and8
WHEREAS, this phenomenon is partially a result of the "winner-take-all" laws for9
appointing presidential electors, currently in place in forty-eight states, whereby the winner10
of the most votes in the state effectively receives all of the electoral votes from that state;11
and12
WHEREAS, Louisiana has been a flyover state for over a decade, making its votes13
effectively count less than votes in other states and resulting in a de minimis amount of time14
and money spent by presidential candidates in the state; and15
WHEREAS, Louisiana is again projected to be a flyover state for the 201216
presidential election.17
THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests18
the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study Louisiana's role in the19
election of the president of the United States and to report its findings to the House of20 HLS 11RS-3011 ORIGINAL
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Representatives prior to the convening of the 2012 Regular Session of the Legislature of1
Louisiana.2
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Monica HSR No. 6
Requests the House Committee on House and Governmental Affairs to study Louisiana's
role in the election of the president of the U.S. and to report its findings to the House of
Representatives prior to the 2012 R.S.