Email from National Popular Vote Fix the Electoral College / President should be elected by National Popular Vote View as Webpage - For easy sharing Virginia Senate Becomes 44th State Legislative Chamber to Pass National Popular Vote The Virginia Senate today passed the National Popular Vote bill (SB322). The bill now goes to the Virginia House where it has 30 sponsors. If the bill gets enacted into law, Virginia will join 17 other states and the District of Columbia. This means that National Popular Vote will have been approved by states possessing 222 of the 270 electoral votes required. The National Popular Vote bill will guarantee that the President is the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Please use our convenient email system to send emails to your state legislators asking them to pass National Popular Vote in your state. SHORTCOMINGS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM Five of our 47 Presidents came into office without winning the most popular votes nationwide. Every vote is not equal under the current system. The current winner-take-all system regularly enables a few thousand votes in seven or so closely divided states to decide the Presidency—leaving 43 states on the sidelines. 29 national organizations support the National Popular Vote bill. 17 Virginia organizations also support the bills in Virginia (SB322, HB965). PUBLIC SUPPORT According to a recent Pew poll, 63% of Americans say that the winner of the popular vote nationwide should win the presidency. This includes 80% of Democrats 63% of moderate or liberal Republicans, and 46% of all Republicans. Details Moderate and liberal Republicans support a national popular vote for President by 63%-36%. On the other hand, conservative Republicans oppose it by 63%-35%.  HOW NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE WORKS The current winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes is not in the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution says: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors….” The Constitution gives the states exclusive control over the choice of method of awarding their electoral votes. It does not encourage, discourage, require, or prohibit the use of any particular way of awarding a state's electoral votes. The National Popular Vote law will take effect when approved by states with a majority of the electoral votes (270 of 538). Then, the presidential candidate winning the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC will get all the electoral votes from all of the enacting states. That is, the candidate winning the most popular votes nationwide will be guaranteed enough votes in the Electoral College to become President. This will ensure that every voter, in every state, will be politically relevant in every presidential election—regardless of where they live. Under the National Popular Vote law, no voter will have their vote cancelled out because their choice differed from prevailing sentiment in their state. Instead, every voter’s vote will be added directly into the national count of the candidate chosen by that voter. STATUS OF NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE Seventeen states and the District of Columbia (with 209 electoral votes) have already enacted the National Popular Vote Compact into law. This includes 6 small states (Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia), 9 medium-sized states (Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington), 3 big states (California, Illinois, New York). They are shown in green on the map below. Virginia's 13 electoral votes would bring the total to 222 -- 48 short of the required 270. Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania together have 61 electoral votes and are especially promising states to pass National Popular Vote before 2028. FOR MORE INFORMATION Our book Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote can be read or downloaded for free at www.Every-Vote-Equal.com. It contains answers to 175 myths about National Popular Vote. More information is available at National Popular Vote home page Thank you. National Popular Vote | Box 1441 | Los Altos, CA 94023 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice