Coloradoans will vote in November not only on their next President, but in how the state’s electors will vote for him. To wit, a proposition will be on the ballot that, instead of the most-common winner-take-all electoral vote, would make Colorado the only state in the nation to allocate out its electoral votes by the proportion of the ballot.
(Maine and Nebraska are not winner-take-all, but winner-take-each Representative district, with the two Senatorial electoral votes going to the majority.)
Volokh cites some interesting arguments as to which way this might go, which parties are rooting for it, and what the electoral effect might be. In the long run, it appears to weaken Colorado’s influence, but from a “every electoral vote counts” perspective, it could have some support in a close race.
Of course, expect that if the change were adopted, and it did actually affect the election, a slew of legsal challenges would be made.
My own opinion on the matter is far from decided. But it should make for an interesting diversion (especially if it’s possible to divorce it from the impact on this election) from presidential politics in the coming months.