CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, ACCORDING
TO BOARD POLICY.
STEVE.
>> Steve: THE BIG STORY, A
POTENTIAL LANDMARK CASE HAS BEEN
FILED BY THE NATION'S LARGEST
LATINO ORGANIZATION, LULAC,
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THREE
OTHER STATES TAKEN TO FEDERAL
COURT ON A CONTROVERSIAL ASPECT
OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
JESSIE DEGOLLADO SAID IT'S AN
ISSUE IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE WHO
HAS EVER VOTED FOR PRESIDENT.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'RE A
REPUBLICAN IN A DEMOCRATIC STATE
OR A DEMOCRAT IN A REPUBLICAN
STATE --
>> YOUR VOTE IS COUNTED AND THEN
IT IS THROWN AWAY BECAUSE IT
MEANS NOTHING.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY LULAC
IS TAKING FOUR STATES TO FEDERAL
COURT.
>> FILED!
YIPPEE!
THERE IT IS.
WHEN I PUSHED THAT BUTTON THE
WHOLE COURSE OF HISTORY HOW WE
ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES IS GOING TO
CHANGE.
>> Reporter: THE LAWSUIT IS
NONPARTISAN.
TWO REPUBLICAN STATES, TEXAS AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND TWO DEMOCRATIC STATES,
CALIFORNIA AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE
BEING SUED OVER THEIR SYSTEMS OF
WINNER TAKE ALL.
IN PAST ELECTIONS, EVEN THOUGH
CANDIDATES LIKE HILLARY CLINTON
WON THE OVERALL POPULAR VOTE,
DONALD TRUMP WAS AMONG THOSE WHO
WON MORE VOTES IN THE ELECTORAL
COLLEGE THAT ULTIMATELY DECIDES
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
>> THEY ARE FIGHTING CONSTANTLY
IN PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO,
WISCONSIN, FLORIDA.
THOSE ARE THE SWING STATES.
>> Reporter: WE CAME TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
HERE AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY TO
ASK WOULD EACH AND EVERY VOTE
ACTUALLY COUNT IF THE LEGAL
CHALLENGE IS SUCCESSFUL?
>> THIS IS VERY POLITICALLY
UNPOPULAR TO SAY BUT THERE IS
NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT
MANDATES ONE MAN, ONE VOTE.
>> Reporter: HE SAID IN A
SENSE EACH VOTE DOES COUNT
BECAUSE THEY DETERMINE HOW THE
ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES.
EVEN SO --
>> THE FEELING IS IF YOU ARE IN
A PARTISAN STATE AND YOU ARE NOT
PART OF THAT MAJORITY THAT YOU
HAVE WASTED YOUR VOTE.
>> Reporter: AN ISSUE THAT
COULD BE DECIDED SOME DAY BY THE
U.S. SUPREME COURT.
