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Playing semantics I see. The voters vote, the electors vote, the count of those who are voting is not a popular vote, but those who voted in the electoral election.
It is not, nor ever will be, a count of a "popular vote" despite the label applied to it. No one knows how a popular vote would be since there has not ever been one, nor candidates even campaign for one.
At that, it still goes against a pretty underlining concept of the US, as in state representation and involvement in the US as a country. If it gets to a point three or four cities dictate every time who the president is, and all the while crafting policies to ensure they maintain such power, the rest of the US would have little reason to stay.
Got a link to the statute being considered? I say it hasn't passed.
Feel free to say whatever you want. I know there are restrictions to Google in Moscow, so let me help you out.
It passed the NC Senate in 2007. Yes, you heard that right, North Carolina passed it 12 years ago. Not exactly a new thing. Now its on the table again, I guess because the number of member States is reaching the required number.
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that includes North Carolina in an agreement among various states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular election.
Highlights:
- Takes effect when the majority of electoral votes are held by states that have joined this agreement (Article IV)
Feel free to say whatever you want. I know there are restrictions to Google in Moscow, so let me help you out.
It passed the NC Senate in 2007. Yes, you heard that right, North Carolina passed it 12 years ago. Not exactly a new thing. Now its on the table again, I guess because the number of member States is reaching the required number.
I could be wrong about NC but generally bills passed by one house in a state legislature do not carry over to future sessions. In other words, the Senate would have to pass it again (along with the House and signed by governor) to become state law.
I support the popular vote compact but so far it has only passed in blue states.
It doesn't have any chance of actually going into effect until it passed in some red states and swing states since they need to control 270 EVs before it can go into effect.
It’s called the Popular Vote Interstate Compact. It’s simple. A state’s electoral college votes are allocated to whoever wins the national popular vote. Period. It’s constitutional and some prominent conservatives are pushing or it.
On their own yes they can, whether they can form a compact is debatable.
P.S. why do I get the feeling that those cheering the move may one day regret the change?
Imagine an election that sets up CO to be the deciding factor in the EC. Democrat wins the state but a Republican wins the popular vote.
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