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vkkv

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34. You got it Gothmog - the process is moving along::
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 12:49 PM
Jun 2017

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact is designed to ensure that the candidate who wins the most popular votes is elected president, and it will come into effect only when it will guarantee that outcome.[2][3] As of June 2017, it has been adopted by ten states and the District of Columbia. Together, they have 165 electoral votes, which is 30.7% of the total Electoral College and 61.1% of the votes needed to give the compact legal force.

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation

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Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote

The National Popular Vote interstate compact would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted by 11 jurisdictions possessing 165 electoral votes—61% of the 270 electoral votes necessary to activate it, including four small jurisdictions (RI, VT, HI, DC), three medium- size states (MD, MA, WA), and four big states (NJ, IL, NY, CA). The bill has passed a total of 33 legislative chambers in 22 states—most recently by a bipartisan 40–16 vote in the Arizona House, a 28–18 vote in the Oklahoma Senate, a 57–4 vote in New York Senate, and a 37–21 vote in Oregon House. A total of 3,055 state legislators have either sponsored or cast a recorded vote for the bill.

The shortcomings of the current system of electing the President stem from state winner-take-all statutes (i.e., state laws that award all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate receiving the most popular votes in each separate state).

Because of these state winner-take-all statutes, presidential candidates have no reason to pay attention to the issues of concern to voters in states where the statewide outcome is a foregone conclusion. As shown on the map, two-thirds of the 2012 general-election campaign events (176 of 253) were in just 4 states (Ohio, Florida, Virginia, and Iowa). Thirty-eight states were ignored.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
I just want my vote to be able to be recounted. The Wielding Truth Jun 2017 #1
Most likely because they are in the minority and the majority brings bills to the floor. shraby Jun 2017 #2
It would require a Constitutional amendment... jberryhill Jun 2017 #3
It's the Electoral College, not the 'electorial college.' MineralMan Jun 2017 #4
Thanks Mineral Man.. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #10
My pleasure. I try to clarify, whenever I can. MineralMan Jun 2017 #11
Clarified it for me, as well.....thanks! Heartstrings Jun 2017 #15
Political capital. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2017 #5
Because you need Republican votes to do it and they won't. hrmjustin Jun 2017 #6
Because getting rid of the Electoral College is a non-starter... LesterKasai Jun 2017 #7
Exactly. But good luck convincing folks of that. We need to concentrate on GOTV Hoyt Jun 2017 #12
Excellent post & no ridicule is merited. I distinctly remember all the Dems after Coup 2000 standing UTUSN Jun 2017 #8
Do you know what it would take to get rid of the EC? MichMary Jun 2017 #9
Actions are being pursued at the state level Gothmog Jun 2017 #13
If we win back enough state govs in 2018 it will prolly happen Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #23
I am hoping that you are right Gothmog Jun 2017 #37
Me too Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #39
You got it Gothmog - the process is moving along:: vkkv Jun 2017 #34
I strongly support the National Popular Vote movement and plan Gothmog Jun 2017 #36
+1,000 Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #40
I appreciate all the comments. And learned a lot. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #14
This is just a guess, but MichMary Jun 2017 #18
I am in one of those states.... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #20
In literary terms, it's called tilting at windmills... Wounded Bear Jun 2017 #16
Because it requires a constitutional amendment, which won't happen. DanTex Jun 2017 #17
Understand that it's a huge pie in the sky... LakeArenal Jun 2017 #19
Actually we are just 5 states passing laws from doing that Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #21
Huh? How do you figure that? n/t MichMary Jun 2017 #24
States worth 170 ecs have passed laws committing their ecs to the popular vote winner Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #25
Okay, I see, but-- MichMary Jun 2017 #26
not sure exactly which ones Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #27
Check this site out for an update on their progress Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author WillowTree Jun 2017 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author ismnotwasm Jun 2017 #22
It requires an amendment to the Constitution Progressive dog Jun 2017 #29
Not quite Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #31
States can change their own laws at any point. Progressive dog Jun 2017 #33
True enough Tiggeroshii Jun 2017 #38
Because it requires a Constitutional Amendment, and doesn't have the votes still_one Jun 2017 #32
As amazing as this seems, at this point it would be EASIER to take back the House and Senate bottomofthehill Jun 2017 #35
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