The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: libertybele on April 17, 2019, 12:07:24 pm
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New Mexico Is the Latest State to Approve the National Popular Vote
New Mexico has now joined a growing number of states (14 plus D.C.) in passing legislation to give its five electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote -– regardless of which candidate wins the popular vote in New Mexico.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed House Bill 55 on April 3rd.
National Popular Vote, the group that is pushing the interstate compact, says the compact would guarantee the presidency to the candidate who receives the largest number of votes (a plurality or more) in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The compact does not abolish the electoral system that is mandated in the U.S. Constitution, but it would undermine its intent.........
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/alex-madajian/new-mexico-latest-state-approve-national-popular-vote (https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/alex-madajian/new-mexico-latest-state-approve-national-popular-vote)