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Dear John,
This Thursday, we expect the Maine House (and maybe the Senate) to vote on the bill to join the National Popular Vote Compact [[link removed]] , and legislators need to hear from you! The Compact provides that, once a critical mass of states join, state election officials in all participating states would award their Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who receives the largest number of popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
TELL YOUR LEGISLATORS: SUPPORT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE [[link removed]]
LD 1578 [[link removed]] — An Act to Adopt an Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote — would have Maine join an interstate agreement to allocate its Electoral College votes to the winner of the popular vote in presidential elections. This will guarantee that the President is the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Read on to learn more about the National Popular Vote and what it would mean for Maine:
SHORTCOMINGS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM:
*
Five
of
our
46
Presidents
came
into
office
without
winning
the
most
popular
votes
nationwide
–
including
in
two
of
the
last
six
presidential
elections.


*
The
current
state-by-state,
winner-take-all
system
regularly
enables
a
few
thousand
votes
in
a
small
number
of
states
to
decide
the
Presidency
–
thereby
fueling
post-election
controversies
and
threatening
the
country’s
stability.


*
The
current
system
could
easily
result
in
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
choosing
the
President
—
which
would
be
at
odds
with
our
democracy.


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Find
more
details
here.
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WITH NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE:
*
Every
vote
in
every
state
in
every
presidential
election
will
be
equal.
No
battleground
states,
no
spectator
states.


*
The
candidate
with
the
most
votes
across
all
50
states
and
DC
will
win.
No
2nd
place
winners.


*
Candidates
will
be
motivated
to
seek
voter
support
in
all
50
states
and
DC.
No
more
swing
states
or
spectator
states.


*
Voter
participation
will
increase
because
voters
will
know
their
vote
matters.


*
Apply
the
one-person-one-vote
principle
to
presidential
elections
—
meaning,
each
person’s
vote
would
count
equally
as
one
vote
toward
a
presidential
candidate.


Thank you for taking action,
Beth
P.S. This bill is a priority of Mainers for Modern Elections; to learn more, you can read the coalition member League of Women Voters of Maine's fact sheet here [[link removed]] .
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