Dear People For supporter,
Today is Presidents Day, dedicated to the leaders who have come before us. But remember: it is the one major elected office at any level of government that is not determined by the winner of the most votes. And it’s long past time we change that.
The current Electoral College structure has resulted in two presidents of the past four presidents getting elected despite receiving fewer votes nationwide. In order to prevent the will of The People being dismissed we must urge our state lawmakers to support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), states agree to award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote nationwide, rather than state by state, to ensure that whoever becomes president actually won the most votes overall.
The NPVIC would put power back in the hands of voters. Although NPVIC is already law in 15 states plus the District of Columbia, we need several more states to put this law into action during future presidential elections – and that’s where your state lawmakers come into play. This agreement needs to be passed at the state level before it can be put in place, and your state’s lawmakers need to make that happen.
In 2000, Al Gore won the national popular vote by more than half a million votes. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won it by more than three million. And yet neither of them “won” the presidency.
The consequences of this outdated system are massive – we will feel the effects of those lost presidencies for generations to come. And the NPVIC is a broadly supported, simple fix that doesn’t require an amendment to the Constitution.
Thank you for taking action to defend our democracy today.
– Ben Jealous, President
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