National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
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The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among U.S. states to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, effectively seeking to ensure the presidency goes to the popular vote winner without abolishing the Electoral College.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
electoral reform proposal
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interstate compact → |
| aimsToAddress |
discrepancies between national popular vote and Electoral College results
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| appliesTo |
allocation of presidential electors by member states
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| basedOn |
Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution
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state authority to determine manner of appointing electors → |
| bindingCondition |
member states cannot withdraw shortly before a presidential election once in effect
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| conditionForEffectiveness |
takes effect only when member states hold a majority of Electoral College votes
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| country |
United States
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| criticizedFor |
concerns about state sovereignty over electors
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possibility of conflicts with non‑member states’ election laws → potential constitutional challenges → |
| doesNotAbolish |
Electoral College
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| electoralVoteThresholdForEffectiveness |
270
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| feature |
compact becomes binding only after reaching electoral vote majority
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states may join by passing identical or substantially similar legislation → uses national popular vote total as basis for awarding electors → |
| geographicalArea |
United States of America
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| goal |
to make every vote equal in presidential elections regardless of state
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to reduce focus on swing states in presidential campaigns → |
| implementationMethod |
state statutes adopting the compact
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| jurisdiction |
member states and District of Columbia
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| language |
English
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| legalForm |
interstate agreement
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| mechanism |
member states award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner
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| memberType |
District of Columbia
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U.S. states → |
| opposedBy |
some advocates of the current Electoral College system
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| purpose |
to change the method of allocating presidential electors without abolishing the Electoral College
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to ensure the U.S. presidency is won by the national popular vote winner → |
| relatedTo |
Electoral College
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United States presidential elections → electoral reform in the United States → popular vote versus Electoral College outcomes → |
| requires |
enactment by state legislatures
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governor’s signature in each member state → states to determine national popular vote winner from official state results → |
| respects |
state constitutional power to appoint electors
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| scope |
U.S. presidential elections
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| shortName |
NPVIC
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| status |
not yet in effect
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| subjectOf |
legal scholarship
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political debate → public policy analysis → |
| supportedBy |
some Democratic politicians
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some Republican politicians → some electoral reform organizations → |
| typeOfChange |
state‑level reform rather than federal constitutional amendment
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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NPVIC
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fullName |
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Electoral College
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reformProposalsInclude |