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John,
It’s long past time for us to fix the Electoral College.
Since 2000, two of the last six presidential elections have been handed to the loser of the national popular vote. That’s a hideous percentage: for fully one-third of the elections in this century to date, the Electoral College has put the wrong person in the Oval Office.
The results for this country have been disastrous. We deal with the consequences every single day.
How do we fix this problem and prevent future losers from becoming President of the United States? One practical way is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Under this reform, if enough states commit their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, then this candidate will become President. A total of 270 electoral votes is needed to win the Electoral College. Already 16 states, with a total of 234 electoral votes, have signed on. If Michigan, with its 16 electoral votes, joins the Compact, we will be just 50 votes away!
Let lawmakers in Michigan know the nation is watching! Sign the petition to urge the Michigan legislature to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact today.
Under the Electoral College, the United States is a majority progressive nation with political institutions dominated by the corruption of the extremist far right. Look no further than the Trump presidency and the aftermath we're still dealing with now to know this situation has become intolerable and it must be repaired.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will get it done.
The creaky old system is also a weak point targeted by Trump as a centerpiece of his election denial strategy: if he could just send enough fake electors to Washington and get his Vice President to accept the chaos, he just might have been able to pry the Constitution apart and establish an unending Trump dynasty.
The archaic Electoral College is on its face unfair and undemocratic. It has a built-in bias, giving 1 electoral vote to every 193,000 voters in Wyoming, and the same 1 vote to over 700,000 voters in California. Every Wyoming vote is worth more than 3½ times as much as a California vote!
Trump left behind a Supreme Court with a 6-3 conservative majority. If all the popular vote winners in this century had become President, the Supreme Court would have a 7-2 liberal majority with a liberal Chief Justice, and Roe v. Wade would certainly still stand.
Sign the petition today! Tell the Michigan legislature: Join the compact and send the winner of the national popular vote to the White House!
Thank you for signing on to this crucial reform.
- Amanda
Amanda Ford, Director
Democracy for America
Advocacy Fund
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