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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 118
BY SENATOR MCPHERSON
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to hold
hearings regarding Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United
States.
WHEREAS, states are divided into "battleground" and "flyover" states during the
general election of the President of the United States based on whether a state is competitive
amongst the candidates (battleground) or not competitive (flyover); and
WHEREAS, this phenomenon is partially a result of the "winner-take-all" laws for
appointing presidential electors that are currently in place in forty-eight states, whereby the
winner of the most votes in the state effectively receives all of the electoral votes from that
state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has been a flyover state for over a decade, making its votes
effectively count less than votes in other states and resulting in a negligible amount of time
and money being spent by presidential candidates in the state; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana is again projected to be a flyover state for the 2012
presidential election.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby urge and request the Senate Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs to
hold hearings regarding Louisiana's role in the election of the President of the United States,
and this issue's impact on the voters of Louisiana and the influence of the state before,
during, and after presidential elections.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE