Candidate with most votes nationwide should become President ‌ ‌ ‌ View as web page - For easy sharing Jesse Wegman's recent New York Times column "The Electoral College will Destroy America" makes an excellent case for passing the National Popular Vote bill. Here are some excerpts. "The main problem with the Electoral College today is...statewide winner-take-all laws. Under these laws...states award all their electors to the candidate with the most popular votes in their state. The effect is to erase all the voters in that state who didn’t vote for the top candidate. ... "The only states that matter to either party are the “battleground” states — especially bigger ones like Florida and Pennsylvania, where a swing of a few thousand or even a few hundred votes can shift the entire pot of electors from one candidate to the other. ... "Given that abolishing the Electoral College is not on the table at the moment, for a number of reasons, the best solution would be to do what Madison tried to do more than two centuries ago: get rid of statewide winner-take-all laws. That can be achieved through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among states to award their electors to the candidate who wins the most votes in the whole country, not just within their borders. When states representing a majority of electoral votes join, the compact takes effect, making all Americans’ votes relevant, and all of them equal to one another. The popular-vote winner then automatically becomes president." Read full column SUPPORT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE State legislators are up for election on November 3 in almost every state, so this is a great time to send them an email asking them to support the National Popular Vote bill. LEARN MORE 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 Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President Watch Dr. John Hudak, author of Presidential Pork: White House Influence over the Distribution of Federal Grants Watch debate at R Street between National Popular Vote's Eileen Reavey and Patrick Rosenstiel and NPV's opponents Tara Ross and Trent England 14 Videos on National Popular Vote web site Answers to 131 myths One-page description of National Popular Vote 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!