National Popular Vote, Electoral college reform (title)
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors ..." -- U.S. Constitution
439 Sponsors

588 More Support
588 state legislators (in addition to the above 439 sponsors) have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
Editorial Support
"It's time to make the change with this innovative plan"
— Chicago Sun Times editorial
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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
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Organizations
Common Cause
FairVote
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Every Vote Equal:
A State-Based Plan For Electing The President By National Popular Vote
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Advisory Board
John Anderson (R-I–IL)
Birch Bayh (D–IN)
John Buchanan (R–AL)
Tom Campbell (R–CA)
Tom Downey (D–NY)
D. Durenberger (R–MN)
Jake Garn (R–UT)
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Washington Senate
70% Public Support
National - 72%
California - 69%
Connecticut - 73%
Arkansas - 74%
Maine - 71%
Massachusetts - 73%
Michigan - 70%
Missouri - 66%
Missouri - 70%
Rhode Island - 74%
Vermont - 75%
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What Do You Think
How should we elect the President?
The candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states.
The current Electoral College system.

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Blogs

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