Ask your legislators to pass National Popular Vote
Endorsed by 2,110
State Legislators
State Legislators
In addition to 1,129 state legislative sponsors (shown above), 981 other legislators have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
Tom Golisano
Editorial Support
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Chicago Sun-Times
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Sacramento Bee
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Fayetteville Observer
Boston Globe
Hartford Courant
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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
9 Enactments
The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted into law in states possessing 132 electoral votes — 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the legislation.
Maryland - 10 votes

Massachusetts - 11

Washington - 12 votes

Vermont - 3 votes

DC - 3 votes
Hawaii - 4 votes
New Jersey - 14 votes
Illinois - 20 votes
California - 55 votes




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Every Vote Equal:
A State-Based Plan For Electing The President By National Popular Vote
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With forewords from:
- John B. Anderson (R,I–IL)
- Birch Bayh (D–IN)
- John Buchanan (R–AL)
- Tom Campbell (R–CA)
- Greg Aghazarian (R–CA)
- Saul Anuzis (R–MI)
- Laura Brod (R–MN)
- James L. Brulte (R–CA)
- Tom Golisano (R,I–FL)
- Joseph Griffo (R–NY)
- Ray Haynes (R–CA)
- Bob Holmes (D–GA)
- Dean Murray (R–NY)
- Tom Pearce (R–MI)
- Christopher Pearson (P–VT)
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)
Birch Bayh (D–IN)
John Buchanan (R–AL)
Tom Campbell (R–CA)
Tom Downey (D–NY)
D. Durenberger (R–MN)
Jake Garn (R–UT)
What Do You Think
Debates
70% Public Support
National - 72%
Alaska - 70%
Arizona - 67%
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%
Montana - 72%
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 Carolina - 71%
South Dakota - 75%
South Dakota - 71%
Utah - 70%
Vermont - 75%
Virginia - 74%
Washington - 77%
Washington - 77%
West Virgina - 81%
Wisconsin - 71%
Wyoming - 69%
Alaska - 70%
Arizona - 67%
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%
Montana - 72%
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 Carolina - 71%
South Dakota - 75%
South Dakota - 71%
Utah - 70%
Vermont - 75%
Virginia - 74%
Washington - 77%
Washington - 77%
West Virgina - 81%
Wisconsin - 71%
Wyoming - 69%
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Blogs
The Philadelphia Jewish Voice
November 12, 2011 — The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the entire ...
KCET
May 9, 2011 — Short answer: Not much. California has more electoral votes than any other state in the nation. That's right. We're number one. Once you ...
News-Leader.com
April 19, 2011 — The House Elections Committee heard a bill from Rep. Lincoln Hough, R–Springfield, that would move the country toward electing a president by ...
New Yorker
October 13, 2010 — The National Popular Vote—you know, the state-based plan for electing the President by seeing who gets the largest number of votes cast by citizens of the United States of America ...
Non Profit Vote
October 13, 2010 — On Tuesday October 12, District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty signed the National Popular Vote bill. The new law is part of a nationwide effort to award the presidency to the winner of ...
Charleston Tea Party
August 23, 2010 — Assemblyman Dean Murray (Republican and Conservative Party – New York), a Tea Party organizer before getting elected in Feb. 2010., who was described by Fox News as the first Tea Party candidate elected in the country, tells us why he supports and sponsors the national popular vote legislation: "A vote should be a vote regardless of where it was cast. A voter in Ohio shouldn’t be more important than a voter in Kansas. Miami shouldn’t trump Main Street. Every voter should be heard and every vote should count equally. America can make this happen."
BigGovernment.com
August 6, 2010 — Jason Cabel Roe is a partner in California-based Revolvis Consulting. He was chief of staff to former Congressman Tom Feeney of Florida and played senior roles on several high-profile campaigns including Mitt Romney’s presidential bid, former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s 2004 reelection, Congressman Peter Roskam’s surprise 2006 victory, and Congressman Jim Rogan’s historic 2000 race following his role in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
Summer 2010 — Rich Bolen, a Constitutional scholar, attorney at law, and Republican Party Chairman for Lexington County, South Carolina, tells us why he supports National Popular Vote and why you should do the same: A Conservative Case for National Popular Vote: Why I support a state-based plan to reform the Electoral College.
HotAir.com
August 15, 2010 — Representative Brod has been in the Minnesota House since 2002 and is the Ranking Republican member of Minnesota’s House Tax Committee.
The Founders Were Right
September 17, 2010 — State-based plan to elect the President by National Popular Vote respects the Republic and honors the Founding Fathers
Blue Mass Group
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
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
January 28, 2008 — We've seen in recent weeks the quadrennial year complaints about the disproportionate effects that ...
USPolitics.einnews.com
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
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
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
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
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
