Instead they are pushing states to adopt a system that is now in effect in Nebraska and Maine, where one electoral vote is awarded to the winner of each congressional district (and the state's at-large-vote winner receives two additional electoral votes, corresponding to the state's two senators.) In Minnesota, for instance, Gore won the state's ten electoral votes.

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Maine and Nebraska already have provisions that award electoral votes based on who wins each congressional district. (And each state's at-large vote-winner receives two additional electoral votes, corresponding to the state's two U.S. senators.) In this instance, Kerry could win Maine, but if he lost in one of the state's congressional districts, Bush would get that electoral vote.

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Just as the Second Amendment in the United States, at its core, remains the final right of a free people to prevent their ultimate political repression, a powerful instrument is needed to prevent a corresponding repression State monetary supremacy.

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American banks holding corresponding banking relationships with the State Bank of India could also potentially be affected.

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Every time a system is in a state of crisis or transition both curves become bumpy (see the bump corresponding to the dot com crisis in 2000).

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