By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-07 03:21:24 | Updated at 2024-11-07 05:58:14
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FLASHBACK: Under recent law, Minnesota joins states supporting shifting electoral votes to winner of national popular vote
CBS ^
Posted on 11/06/2024 7:19:54 PM PST by TigerClaws
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's comments at a Tuesday fundraiser about the Electoral College shine a light on a longstanding debate: Should the Electoral College stay or should it go?
Walz, according to pool reports, in Sacramento said the system by which the United States chooses its presidents "needs to go" and instead elect presidents by national popular vote. A spokesman later clarified that those comments do not reflect the official position of the Harris-Walz campaign. The Trump campaign condemned the remarks.
But Minnesota did take a step — through a provision in a large elections bill last year — to allocate its electors based on who receives the most votes nationwide, known as the "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact." Walz signed it.
A presidential candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win an election, securing individual states' support to reach that threshold. The 17 states in the compact, as well as Washington D.C., have agreed to allocate their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. But that would only take effect when enough states join it.
Their benchmark is 270 electoral votes. So far the total number of electors apportioned to those states that have joined is 209.
Rep. Mike Freiberg, DFL-Golden Valley, argues the Electoral College is "undemocratic" and the compact would bring presidential elections in line with other elections for state and local offices.
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Wow.
So Trump got... how many EV votes?
Absurd and Dems playing games here with the U.S. Constitution.... but would be amusing to have them called out on this!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact
1 posted on 11/06/2024 7:19:54 PM PST by TigerClaws
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