Fogdog
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and not the President of mostly small states.
National Popular Vote is an agreement between states to send delegates to the Electoral College who are bound to vote for the candidate that got the most votes. This would end the EC as a tool for sneaking in a minority president.
This site provides information on the measure.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Explanation
It has been enacted into law in 12 states with 172 electoral votes (CA, CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WA).
The bill will take effect when enacted by states with 98 more electoral votes. It has passed at least one house in 11 additional states with 89 electoral votes (AR, AZ, CO, DE, ME, MI, NC, NM, NV, OK, OR) and has been approved unanimously by committee votes in two additional states with 26 electoral votes (GA, MO). The bill has recently been passed by a 40–16 vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona House, 28–18 in Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate, 57–4 in Republican-controlled New York Senate, 34-23 in Democratic-controlled Oregon House, and 26-16 in the New Mexico Senate.
With 172 electoral votes already committed, only 98 more electoral votes are needed to end the power of small states to dictate to the majority who should be president. Oregon has this on it's agenda this year and I'm hopeful that our meager 7 EC votes will bring the number down to 91.
On the National Popular Vote website, there is a tool to e-mail a letter of support to your state legislative representatives.
The EC does not ensure small states have better representation in DC. In fact, no candidates toured small states in 2016. Instead of being an instrument for better representation the EC forces candidates to focus on just a few battleground states, not the most populous states, not all states, not small states, just 6 states in 2016 got 90% of the visits from candidates. In today's world, the EC provides the opposite of democracy.
The EC allowed Republicans to game the system to give us two of the worst presidents in the history of the US.
It's clear that the GOP national party has abandoned the concept of majority rule but most people in most states oppose the EC. Without the need for an amendment, we could make 2020 the first election where the EC no longer matters.
National Popular Vote is an agreement between states to send delegates to the Electoral College who are bound to vote for the candidate that got the most votes. This would end the EC as a tool for sneaking in a minority president.
This site provides information on the measure.
https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Explanation
It has been enacted into law in 12 states with 172 electoral votes (CA, CT, DC, HI, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, RI, VT, WA).
The bill will take effect when enacted by states with 98 more electoral votes. It has passed at least one house in 11 additional states with 89 electoral votes (AR, AZ, CO, DE, ME, MI, NC, NM, NV, OK, OR) and has been approved unanimously by committee votes in two additional states with 26 electoral votes (GA, MO). The bill has recently been passed by a 40–16 vote in the Republican-controlled Arizona House, 28–18 in Republican-controlled Oklahoma Senate, 57–4 in Republican-controlled New York Senate, 34-23 in Democratic-controlled Oregon House, and 26-16 in the New Mexico Senate.
With 172 electoral votes already committed, only 98 more electoral votes are needed to end the power of small states to dictate to the majority who should be president. Oregon has this on it's agenda this year and I'm hopeful that our meager 7 EC votes will bring the number down to 91.
On the National Popular Vote website, there is a tool to e-mail a letter of support to your state legislative representatives.
The EC does not ensure small states have better representation in DC. In fact, no candidates toured small states in 2016. Instead of being an instrument for better representation the EC forces candidates to focus on just a few battleground states, not the most populous states, not all states, not small states, just 6 states in 2016 got 90% of the visits from candidates. In today's world, the EC provides the opposite of democracy.
The EC allowed Republicans to game the system to give us two of the worst presidents in the history of the US.
It's clear that the GOP national party has abandoned the concept of majority rule but most people in most states oppose the EC. Without the need for an amendment, we could make 2020 the first election where the EC no longer matters.
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