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In reply to the discussion: Why are there no Dems pushing to get rid of the electorial college? [View all]vkkv
(3,384 posts)34. You got it Gothmog - the process is moving along::
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 votes61% 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 statesmost recently by a bipartisan 4016 vote in the Arizona House, a 2818 vote in the Oklahoma Senate, a 574 vote in New York Senate, and a 3721 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 states 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
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Why are there no Dems pushing to get rid of the electorial college? [View all]
LakeArenal
Jun 2017
OP
Most likely because they are in the minority and the majority brings bills to the floor.
shraby
Jun 2017
#2
Excellent post & no ridicule is merited. I distinctly remember all the Dems after Coup 2000 standing
UTUSN
Jun 2017
#8
States worth 170 ecs have passed laws committing their ecs to the popular vote winner
Tiggeroshii
Jun 2017
#25
As amazing as this seems, at this point it would be EASIER to take back the House and Senate
bottomofthehill
Jun 2017
#35