Question

Where is the National Popular Vote bill at in the legislative process? Do you expect it will go any further? Why or why not?

Answer 1

The National Popular Vote (NPV) plan guarantees election of the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The NPV plan is a state statute in the form of an interstate compact

The National Popular Vote (NPV) movement emerged in late 2006 and has slowly gain some steam since then. NPV seeks to ensure that the presidential candidate who wins the most popular votes nationwide is elected president. When a state passes legislation to join the National Popular Vote Compact, it pledges that all of that state's electoral votes will be given to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationwide, rather than the candidate who won the vote in just that state. These bills will take effect only when states with a majority of the electoral votes have passed similar legislation and joined the compact. States with electoral votes totaling 270 of the 538 electoral votes would have to pass NPV bills before the compact kicks in and any state's bill could take effect. Currently, 172 electoral votes are pledged to the compact, through 11 states and the District of Columbia.