National Popular Vote Archives

Advocates Warn of ‘Desperate’ Movement to Undermine the Electoral College

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023 Admin

An organization’s efforts to circumvent states’ rights are “getting desperate” as they try new ways to push their interstate compact through state legislatures, two pro-Electoral College advocacy groups told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The National Popular Vote (NPV) is a group initiative to reform the U.S.’ two-step, Electoral College system by ensuring that the candidate with the most popular votes nationwide becomes the president. Now that NPV has enacted its interstate compact in all of the “easy,” bluer states as a standalone bill, it is getting creative to force the law through in swing states like Minnesota, Nevada, Michigan and Maine, Trent England of Save Our States and Jasper Hendricks of Democrats for the Electoral College told the DCNF.

Commentary: House Republican Leader Supports a Democrat-Backed ‘Popular Vote’ Scheme

March 15, 2021March 14, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

In 2011, before serving for the House of Representatives’ 6th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN-06), current chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, was a national spokesperson for the National Popular Vote initiative, legislation that forms a state-to-state compact with other states agreeing to pledge their state’s electors in the Electoral College to the winner of the national popular vote once participating states reach 270 electoral votes.

This would effectively eliminate the current winner-take-all system in the Electoral College, which has been in place since the election of 1824, whereby whoever wins the popular vote in a state wins the state’s electoral votes.

Group Collects Record Amount of Signatures to Challenge Colorado ‘National Popular Vote Law’ at the Ballot Box

August 6, 2019August 5, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

The group behind an effort to challenge Colorado’s new national popular vote law at the ballot box reached a major milestone this week when it submitted more than 227,000 signatures the Secretary of State’s office.

Commentary: The One-Two Punch to Knock Out Electoral Democracy

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Michael S. Kochin If you thought, or hoped, that the brave (or nobly self-interested) Democratic Governor of Nevada, Steve Sisolak had thwarted the push for a National Popular Vote by vetoing the bill, think again. On June 12, 2019, Oregon Democratic Governor Kate Brown signed it into law for her state.…

Commentary: A Bad Idea for Ohio and a Terrible Idea for America

April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by CHQ Staff A proposal making its way through the Ohio Statehouse would award Ohio’s electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote in presidential elections if it passes. According to reporting by Breitbart’s Katherine Rodriguez, the constitutional amendment, which state lawmakers certified on Monday, would require state…

Popular Vote Compact Adds New Mexico, Now Has 189 Electoral Votes

April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Whitney Tipton New Mexico Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Wednesday officially joining a group of states agreeing to elect the president by popular vote. By formally adding HB55 to the Governor’s list of signed legislation, Grisham confirmed that New Mexico is the 14th state the National…

Who’s Bankrolling the National Popular Vote Movement

March 27, 2019March 26, 2019 Minnesota Sun Staff

by Fred Lucas The nonprofit organization building a coalition of states that favor choosing the president by popular vote promotes itself as nonpartisan, but is financed by millions of dollars from left-leaning groups. Some of the leaders of the movement are prominent Republicans, and most of the funding for…