He’s not wrong, but it would take an amendment to do it as the EC is baked into the Constitution and we’re too divided to get an amendment passed.
See also:
Abortion rights, gun rights, Supreme Court reform, term limits.
No amendment necessary. Just a few more states need to join. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
That still doesn’t get rid of it, it uses it and re-directs it.
Right. But then we don’t have to consider it. It will be ultimately ineffective and purely administrative.
While the number of states who’ve backed such proposals is growing, the major change would require congressional approval, which is unlikely to happen anytime soon.
:-/
I remember when Democrats talked about DC Statehood back in 2009. Over half a million Americans effectively disenfranchised, but all Dems in the House and Senate could think to do was table the issue. Then in 2021 they had another shot and… tabled the issue.
Now we’ve got Walz and Newsome talking about a national popular vote. There’s a very good chance they’ll take the House back in 2025. Wonder what they’ll do next?
isn’t there an alliance of states who agree to elect their votes to the majority winner? if those states get up to 271(?) or whatever the electoral college magic number is, congress doesn’t matter.
edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
