Maine Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote

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Maine Senate passes bill that would give Electoral College votes to winner of national popular vote

BY ARIS FOLLEY at the Hill


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/443715-maine-senate-passes-bill-that-would-give-electoral-college-votes-to

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The Maine Senate has passed a bill that would award the state’s Electoral College votes to the winner of the national popular vote in a presidential election.

The Bangor Daily News reports that the state chamber approved the bill in a 19-16 vote on Tuesday.

If passed by the state House and signed by Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D), the state would become the latest to join National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which is an agreement among a number of states to give their electoral college votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote.

So far, 14 states and Washington D.C. have joined the pact, which will only take effect if a number of states holding the majority of the Electoral College’s 538 electoral votes join the agreement. 


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[manor321]

1. This effort is the most likely way we can get around the Electoral College

We need more states!

[malaise]

2. Get thee to the greatest page

Now

[MichMan]

3. Why don't they implement this now?

[Voltaire2]

4. It needs to enough states to reach 270

Otherwise it does not guarantee that the popular vote winner wins.

[OnDoutside]

5. Because they need enough states to make 270 EVs. Currently it appears they are on 189.

The National Popular Vote bill will take effect when enacted into law by states possessing 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 electoral votes). It has been enacted into law in 15 jurisdictions possessing 189 electoral votes, including 5 small jurisdictions (DC, DE, HI, RI, VT), 6 medium-sized states (CO, CT, MD, MA, NM, WA), and 4 big states (CA, IL, NJ, NY).

The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional 81 electoral votes.

The National Popular Vote bill has now passed a total of 39 state legislative chambers in 24 states. It has also passed one legislative chamber in 9 states possessing 82 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, OR). It has been unanimously approved at the committee level in 2 states possessing 27 more electoral votes (GA, MO). The National Popular Vote bill has been introduced in various years in all 50 states.

On the map below, each square represents one electoral vote (out of 538).

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/state-status

[robbedvoter]

6. it wouldn't make a difference at this point.