Sentences with phrase «popular vote interstate»

However, it is possible to effectively institute a national popular vote for president without getting rid of the Electoral College, and without a Constitutional amendment, via the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Brandon Watson explains why the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact --- in which states assign their votes in the electoral college to whoever wins the most votes countrywide --- is sheer madhattery:

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The Senate also granted final legislative approval Saturday to a bill allowing Connecticut to join an interstate compact that would ensure the state's electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, provided enough other states join the agreement.

The measure is being supported by Albany area Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, a Democrat, who says the bill would have New York join an interstate compact in which states would give all of their Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide.