Unless I'm mistaken, wouldn't this lead to the smaller states refusing to ratify the constitution?
It's Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawai'i, Washington, and Massachusetts for a total 73 electoral votes, or 27% of the Electoral College. So, not a small deal at all.IIRC, six states so far have joined an interstate compact whereby individual states agree to allocate their electors to the winner of the national popular vote.
It's Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawai'i, Washington, and Massachusetts for a total 73 electoral votes, or 27% of the Electoral College. So, not a small deal at all.
The National Popular Vote bill ... would take effect only when ...
It's only enough states to get over 270 because then the rest of the states don't matter anymore in terms of electoral college votes but their populations DO matter in terms of raw votes.I thought it only went into effect once all states have ratified it.
I thought it only went into effect once all states have ratified it.
The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes--enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538).
It's Maryland, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawai'i, Washington, and Massachusetts for a total 73 electoral votes, or 27% of the Electoral College. So, not a small deal at all.
Ah yes. That's what I meant at first, but then I confused myself and thought that was right. Thanks for the correction!Those states combined actually amount to 27% of the 270 electoral votes needed to form a majority. 73 electoral votes only amounts to 13% of the total number of electoral votes possible
The National Popular Vote bill has passed 31 state legislative chambers, in 21 small, medium-small, medium, and large states, including one house in Arkansas (6), Connecticut (7), Delaware (3), The District of Columbia (3), Maine (4), Michigan (17), Nevada (5), New Mexico (5), New York (31), North Carolina (15), and Oregon (7), and both houses in California (55), Colorado (9), Hawaii (4), Illinois (21), New Jersey (15), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (12), Rhode Island (4), Vermont (3), and Washington (11).
The most likely time periods for this to happen would be either during Woodrow Wilson's or FDR's presidencies.