With Virginia, the total number of states signed on to the interstate compact is now 18, plus the District of Columbia, for a total of 222 electoral votes.

The compact doesn’t go into effect, though, until there are enough states signed up to reach the required 270 electoral votes to elect a president.

“This [effort] started 20 years ago and it’s been slow and steady … constant forward momentum across these 20 years,” said Alyssa Cass, a strategist for the National Popular Vote Project and a Democratic consultant. “Bills have been introduced in almost every state, most passed in a bipartisan way. This is on the 5-yard line of making this a reality.”

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    17 days ago

    That would require essentially 100% of states to enact in order to have a result that makes sense, which is even less realistic. Committing all electors to the winner of the national popular vote only requires states that have at least 270 combined electors in order to make the electoral college irrelevant, which is a realistic goal that has almost been achieved.