Candidate with most votes nationwide should become President ‌ ‌ ‌ View as web page - For easy sharing The existing winner-take-all method of awarding electoral votes is often justifiably criticized because the candidate getting the most votes nationwide often doesn't become President; because every vote is not equal; and because candidates to pander to 6 to 12 closely divided battleground states. But an equally serious flaw is that a tiny number of accidentally mishandled or intentionally manipulated ballots can decide the Presidency. During the current pandemic, more voters will be relying on the Post Office to deliver their ballot than ever before. However, five of the six most hotly contested battleground states require that mail ballots arrive before the polls close on Election Day (and the remaining state requires at least a postmark by then). Thus, a delayed mail truck in one or more of the battleground states may end up disqualifying numerous qualified voters, thereby flipping all of that state's electoral votes, and thereby deciding the Presidency. A mere 537 popular votes out of 5.8 million votes decided the Presidency in 2000 when George W. Bush won Florida (while losing nationally by 537,179 votes). Trump won the Presidency in 2016 because he carried Michigan by 11,000 votes, Wisconsin by 23,000 votes, and Pennsylvania by 44,000 votes (while losing nationally by 2.8 million votes). The national popular vote winner would have been defeated in four 20th Century elections by a shift of a mere 9,246 votes (in 1976), 9,212 votes (in 1960), 12,487 votes (in 1948), and 1,711 votes (in 1916) in one or two battleground states. Learn more Foreign adversaries can also exploit the fragility of the winner-take-all system to flip a few votes in a particular state, and thereby flip the national outcome, as pointed out by former director of the National Counter-terrorism Center and general counsel at the National Security Agency Matthew Olsen and former Army intelligence officer Benjamin Haas in their 2017 article entitled "The Electoral College Is a National Security Threat." Read more in New Yorker article ASK YOUR LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE State legislators will be up for election in almost every state on November 3, so this is the perfect time to tell them what you think. Please use our convenient system to send them an email asking them to support the National Popular Vote bill in your state. LEARN MORE Watch Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President Watch Michael Steele, former Chair of the Republican National Committee Watch Prof. George Edwards III, author of Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America Watch Dr. John Hudak, author of Presidential Pork: White House Influence over the Distribution of Federal Grants Watch a debate between National Popular Vote's Eileen Reavey and Patrick Rosenstiel and NPV's opponents Tara Ross and Trent England, hosted by R Street National Popular Vote web site has 14 explanatory videos Answers to 131 myths One-page description of National Popular Vote Go to National Popular Vote Store for T-shirts, mugs, buttons, postcards OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP National Popular Vote | Box 1441, Los Altos, CA 94023 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | About our service provider Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!