Update: Virginia has now joined the National Popular Vote Compact.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to join the National Popular Vote compact. This brings the total number of states adopting the initiative to eleven. The movement is an attempt by political power brokers to circumvent the Constitution by promising their state’s total presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, instead of awarding the votes to the state winner.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to join the National Popular Vote compact. This brings the total number of states adopting the initiative to eleven. The movement is an attempt by political power brokers to circumvent the Constitution by promising their state’s total presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, instead of awarding the votes to the state winner.
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As of now, New York, California, the
District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have joined this insidious compact. In
plain terms, this means that if Vermont citizens vote for candidate A, but
candidate B wins the national popular vote, Vermont citizens are
disenfranchised because Vermont’s electoral votes will all be awarded to
candidate B.
As the list of states
indicates, this is a raw power grab by big city machine politicians. Under this compact, they will
have the power to appoint the executive branch.
