The person who gets the most votes should become President. ‌ ‌ ‌ For easy sharing - View as Webpage The Current System of Electing the President Creates Unnecessary Doubt, Lawsuits, Recounts, and Loss of Confidence in Elections The reason that the current system of electing the President produces so many hair-splitting lawsuits, recounts, and disputes is that America’s 158,000,000 voters are divided into 50 separate state-level elections. The first effect of the existing state-by-state winner-take-all system is that candidates campaign only in a dozen or so closely divided states. Then, several of these "battleground" states often end up being very close on Election Day -- so that the Presidency gets decided by a handful of votes in a few states (even if the nationwide vote is a blowout). Real or imagined irregularities invite doubt, hair-splitting legal disputes, and recounts. The resulting loss of confidence in elections was the dynamic that threatened the peaceful transfer of power on January 6, 2021 -- and almost certainly will do so again in the future. For example, in 2020, less than 22,000 voters out of 158,000,000 decided the Presidency. The general-election campaign was limited to a dozen closely divided "battleground" states. Then, three of them ended up very close on Election Day. If 5,229 voters in Arizona, 5,890 in Georgia, and 10,342 in Wisconsin had voted for Trump instead of Biden, Biden would not have won the Electoral College -- despite leading by over 7,000,000 votes nationally. In the last 6 elections, our current system of electing the President has demonstrated the fragility created by the state-by-state winner-take method of awarding electoral votes. 2 near-misses in the Electoral College (2020 and 2004) and 2 elections in which the candidate who lost the nationwide vote became President (2016 and 2000). Details Electing the President on the basis of the national popular vote would make the system less fragile. The National Popular Vote bill would apply the one-person-one-vote principle to presidential elections, guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide, and give candidates a reason to campaign in all 50 states. The National Popular Vote bill will ensure that every voter, in every state, will be politically relevant in every presidential election. LEARN MORE ABOUT NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE · One-page description of National Popular Vote · Introductory video (8 minutes) · 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 · Podcast with Jason Harrow, Executive Director of Equal Citizens and National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza · Watch our myth-busting webinar hosted by National Popular Vote's grassroots director Eileen Reavey · Watch Rick Tyler, author of Still Right, and Saul Anuzis present the conservative case for electing the President by National Popular Vote · Watch debate at R Street between National Popular Vote's Eileen Reavey and Patrick Rosenstiel and NPV's opponents Tara Ross and Trent England · Listen to Open Mind podcast in which Alexander Heffner interviews National Popular Vote Chair Dr. John Koza (also on Spotify) · Answers to 131 myths about National Popular Vote.  ‌ ‌ National Popular Vote | Box 1441, Los Altos, CA 94023 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] powered by Try email marketing for free today!