In case you missed it, the scheme by special interest groups to replace the Electoral College with a so-called national ...

An alternative could be through the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which started in the mid-2000s in an effort to override the Electoral College. The compact requires states that sign ...

The compact currently has 209. For a state to sign up, the Compact must be approved by the state legislature. Minnesota joined the Compact in Feb. 2023 after Gov. Tim Walz signed the bill. Those who ...

The National Popular Vote Compact would not go into effect until the states that have signed on reach 270 electoral votes, the magic number that's the majority of the 538 at stake.

The compact doesn’t go into effect until the states that are on board have a total of 270 or more electoral college votes ...

Technically, the compact doesn’t become binding until the number of participating states reaches the presidential race’s 270 Electoral College vote threshold.

The Electoral College has 538 members, ... But there’s a separate movement that calls for a compact of states to allocate all their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, ...

The Electoral College works because it ensures that the ... One such effort is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. This effort seeks to require a state’s electors to be cast for ...

Dec. 16, 1940: New York State electors, part of the Electoral College, cast votes at the state capital in Albany. "All are unidentified," according to The Associated Press. AP ...

Dec. 16, 1940: New York State electors, part of the Electoral College, cast votes at the state capital in Albany. "All are unidentified," according to The Associated Press. ‎/AP hide caption ...

The electoral college is part of the Constitution, but the winner-take-all system is not. Each state is free to change its method for allocating its electoral votes.

Now in conference committee at the Minnesota Legislature is a compact with several other states to bypass the Electoral College system, as conceived in the Constitution. Do not be fooled by the ...