The President Should Be Elected by Popular Vote

By Karen Ward –

The President should be elected like other federal, state and local offices and be the person who gets the most votes throughout the country.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Bill is a nonpartisan effort that was started in 2006 with the goal of ensuring that the Presidential candidate who wins the overall popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia will always be the Electoral College winner.

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This Compact Bill is an agreement among a group of US states and the District of Columbia to each award all of their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in all 50 states and the DC. It will go into effect when enacted by states representing 270 Electoral College votes and will ensure that the candidate who receives the most popular votes will become President. Already 15 states and the District have passed the bill, for 195 Electoral College votes.

The bill would make every person’s vote equal throughout the US. It would ensure that every vote, in every state and the District of Columbia, will matter in every presidential election.

Learn more about the National Popular Vote at www.nationalpopularvote.com.

This nonpartisan effort is supported by The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, Fair Vote, and other organizations. Please become informed about this and support it by writing to your NC General Assembly representatives and sharing it with your friends.

Karen Ward is a member of the League of Women Voters, Asheville Buncombe.