With the new bill, Michigan would join Maine and Nebraska on the small list of states that can split their electoral votes. 

The proposal states that the candidate who wins the popular vote would get nine electoral votes plus one additional electoral vote for every 1.5 percentage points above 50 percent of the popular vote he or she gets. 

Critics have used recent history to show what they believe is the bias behind the proposal. In 2012, Barack Obama won 54 percent of the popular vote and was thus awarded all 16 of Michigan's electoral votes. Under Lund's system, Obama would have received 12 electoral votes and his opponent, Mitt Romney, would have won four. 

In January, Lund proposed awarding electoral votes based on congressional districts. Under that system, Romney would have won nine electoral votes, despite losing the overall popular vote. Lund dropped the proposal after it received intense criticism.

On Monday, a legislative hearing was held at the Michigan Capitol before the House Elections and Ethics Committee.

Lund said the purpose of this bill is to increase Michigan's importance as a battleground state, arguing that candidates do not spend enough time in Michigan during the election season. He has said this proposal will better represent Michigan voters.

Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons, chairwoman of the Elections and Ethics committee supports the proposal. 

"I do believe our Electoral College system is broken," she said. "It's imperative that we have a system that helps make Michigan matter." 

In contrast, Democrats are accusing the GOP of trying to "rig" the Electoral College.

MSU associate professor of political science Matt Grossman testified at the hearing. 

"This is not the first, nor the most egregious effort to change the rules for partisan benefit," he said. 

While he acknowledged it would benefit Republicans in the short term, he said "It would bring national media scrutiny and mockery for our strange electoral process." 

Lyons said the U.S. Constitution clearly allows for state legislatures to determine how their electoral votes are awarded.  

She did not call for a vote on the legislation and instead scheduled another hearing for Dec. 2. 

When asked on his opinion of the proposal, Gov. Rick Snyder would not give his thoughts on the bill. Instead, he stated he would have preferred it if the bill was presented after the next U.S. Census in 2020.