My good friend Ray Haynes, who is a contributor to this blog, has opined in this space very strongly in support of California entering into a compact to achieve a National Popular Vote for the Presidency (where the person who gets the most raw votes nationwide is awarded the electoral votes needed to cinch the top spot).
That said, as Ray Haynes himself will tell you, this was not always his position — Ray is among the converted. Ray told me that while in the State Assembly, he opposed legislation in support of the National Popular Vote. That having been said, someone sent over to me video of Ray’s actual floor speech against the vote, so I thought it would be fun to put it up for your perusal. I’m sure we’ll here more from Ray on why he’s changed his position… Maybe he’ll upload a video!