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"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors ..." -- U.S. Constitution
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In addition to 935 state legislative sponsors (shown above), 952 other legislators have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
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Short Explanation
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee a majority of the Electoral College to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote in the Electoral College reflects the choice of the nation's voters for President of the United States.   more
6 Enactments
The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted into law in states possessing 73 electoral votes — 27% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the legislation.

  • Hawaii - 4 votes
  • New Jersey - 15 votes
  • Illinois - 21 votes
  • Maryland - 10 votes

  • Massachusetts - 12

  • Washington - 11 votes


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    Tom Campbell (R–CA)
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    D. Durenberger (R–MN)
    Jake Garn (R–UT)
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    70% Public Support
    National - 72%
    Alaska - 70%
    Arkansas - 80%
    Arkansas - 74%
    California - 69%
    California - 70%
    Colorado - 68%
    Connecticut - 73%
    Connecticut - 74%
    Delaware - 75%
    Dist. of Columbia - 76%
    Florida - 78%
    Kentucky - 80%
    Idaho - 77%
    Iowa - 75%
    Maine - 77%
    Maine - 71%
    Massachusetts - 73%
    Michigan - 70%
    Michigan - 73%
    Minnesota 75%
    Mississippi - 77%
    Missouri - 66%
    Missouri - 70%
    Nebraska - 74%
    Nevada - 72%
    New Hampshire - 69%
    New Mexico - 76%
    New York - 79%
    North Carolina - 74%
    Ohio - 70%
    Oklahoma - 81%
    Oregon - 76%
    Pennsylvania - 78%
    Rhode Island - 74%
    South Dakota - 75%
    Utah - 70%
    Vermont - 75%
    Virginia - 74%
    Washington - 77%
    Washington - 77%
    West Virgina - 81%
    Wisconsin - 71%
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    Blogs

    Blue Mass Group
    The United Battleground States of America?
    by Pam Wilmot
    June 1, 2010 — ational Popular Vote, H. 4156, is being debated in the Massachusets House of Representatives tomorrow, Wednesday (in fact, it may well be today when you read this). National Popular Vote is a big priority for Common Cause and we have a strong ...
    Live-Blog on BlueNC
    Live-Blog on BlueNC about National Popular Vote with Matt Gross and Dr. John Koza — [EXTERNAL LINK]
    Matt Gross and Dr. John Koza
    June 19, 2008 — A live blog conversation with Dr. John Koza, the founder of the National Popular Vote organization, and Matthew Gross, who paved the way for bloggers in politics in the work he did for Howard Dean, Erskine Bowles and John Edwards and their campaigns.
    Daily Dispatch
    National Popular Vote- A Voter Turnout and Civil Rights Issue by Nathan Newman — [EXTERNAL LINK]
    BY Nathan Newman
    January 28, 2008 — We've seen in recent weeks the quadrennial year complaints about the disproportionate effects that ...
    USPolitics.einnews.com
    The American Way of Voting Needs a Major Tune-up: Part Two
    By Joe Rothstein, Editor
    June 7, 2007—My friend Jakub read my last column about ways to improve the American Way of Voting and felt that I left out some useful ...
    DailyKos.com
    National Popular Vote: Maryland Passed It, You Can Too!
    By Jonathan4Dean
    April 19, 2007—One of the quieter stories that could have an impact as early as '08 is the new Maryland law regarding the electoral college ...
    The Nation
    What's Right with Maryland
    By Katrina vanden Heuvel
    April 10, 2007—Justice Louis Brandeis once said, "It is one of the happy accidents of the federal system that a single courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory, and try ...
    OpEdNews.com
    California Assembly Passes National Popular Vote Plan
    By Ryan O'Donnell
    May 31, 2006—Legislation to implement the National Popular Vote plan, a multi-state agreement to establish a national popular vote for President, was adopted handily today by the California ...
    ElectionLine.org
    Electoral College Reform Efforts Restart
    By M. Mindy Moretti
    March 5, 2006—Shortly after the 2000 Presidential election, efforts to reform the Electoral College process were proposed in 21 states, propelled by the momentum from the second election in American history ...

    Reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote reflects the nationwide popular vote for President