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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 118
BY SENATOR MCPHERSON
ELECTION CODE. Requests the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee to hold
hearings regarding Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United States.
A RESOLUTION1
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to hold2
hearings regarding Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United3
States.4
WHEREAS, states are divided into "battleground" and "flyover" states during the5
general election of the President of the United States based on whether a state is competitive6
amongst the candidates (battleground) or not competitive (flyover); and7
WHEREAS, this phenomenon is partially a result of the "winner-take-all" laws for8
appointing presidential electors that are currently in place in forty-eight states, whereby the9
winner of the most votes in the state effectively receives all of the electoral votes from that10
state; and11
WHEREAS, Louisiana has been a flyover state for over a decade, making its votes12
effectively count less than votes in other states and resulting in a negligible amount of time13
and money being spent by presidential candidates in the state; and14
WHEREAS, Louisiana is again projected to be a flyover state for the 201215
presidential election.16
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana17
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to18 SR NO. 118
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hold hearings regarding Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United States,1
and this issue's impact on the voters of Louisiana and the influence of the state before,2
during, and after presidential elections.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alden A. Clement, Jr.
DIGEST
McPherson SR No. 118
Requests that the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee hold hearings regarding
Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United States.