Minnesota Gov Walz Signs
National Popular Vote into Law

Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz has now signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law. As a result, 16 states and the District of Columbia (with a total of 205 electoral votes) have now adopted the Compact.

The Compact will take effect when passed by states with an additional 65 electoral votes.

The Compact is now law in

• 4 small states (Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont),
• 9 medium-sized states (Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington),
• 3 big states (California, Illinois, New York), and
• the District of Columbia.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has also passed one legislative chamber in 8 additional states with another 78 electoral votes (Arkansas, Arizona, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, Nevada, Oklahoma, Virginia).

Both houses of the Nevada legislature passed National Popular Vote as a constitutional amendment in 2023. If passed by the 2025 legislature, the proposition will be decided by the voters in 2026.

What the National Popular Vote will do

The National Popular Vote bill will guarantee that the candidate who wins the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia becomes President.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will

• apply the one-person-one-vote principle to presidential elections,
• guarantee the presidency to the candidate who gets the most votes in all 50 states and DC,
• give candidates a reason to campaign in all 50 states, because every voter, in every state, will be politically relevant in every presidential election,
• increase voter turnout, and
• help ensure the peaceful transfer of power in presidential elections.

The First Step to Fixing the Electoral College

Swing state voters will have more say over the 2024 election than the 80% of Americans in other states.

Does that sound like democracy to you?

If you want to know more or get involved, you can read about it at National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. If your state is not already a member, contact your state’s senators and reps to get your state on board.

“The people of the United States should elect their President, and the votes of the citizens of each State should count equally, instead of getting into this game situation where you go to particular states, you ignore other states.”  ~US Senator Angus King of Maine

House Bill 191

HB 191 “AN ACT TO ESTABLISH NORTH CAROLINA AS A MEMBER OF THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE” was filed in the North Carolina General Assembly on February 23rd. Read about this landmark bill here.

Many thanks to sponsor Representative Kelly Alexander, Jr. and co-sponsors Representatives John Autry, Pricey Harrison, Abe Jones, Carolyn Logan, Marvin Lucas, Nasif Majeed, and Caleb Rudow – who represents part of Buncombe County!

Our National Popular Vote Action Team will be working to encourage more co-sponsors, have a similar bill filed in the Senate, have a hearing, and move the bill to a vote in both chambers. North Carolina joins over a dozen states that have bills filed in at least one legislative chamber this year.

Could we elect future presidents using the
National Popular Vote?

The National Popular Interstate Compact will guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Compact is a state-based approach that preserves the Electoral College, state control of elections, and the power of the states to control how the President is elected. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will go into effect when enacted by states possessing a majority of electoral votes (at least 270 of 538). All of this group of 270 plus electors will be supporters of the candidate who received the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC – thus making that candidate President.

The League of Women Voters believes that the direct-popular-vote method for electing the President and Vice-President is essential to representative government. The League of Women Voters believes, therefore, that the Electoral College should be abolished.

We support the use of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) as one acceptable way to achieve the goal of the direct popular vote for election of the president until the abolition of the Electoral College is accomplished.  

NPV is nonpartisan. NPV favors voters, not parties, land, geography, factions, or states. NPV works within the constitution, and does not change or abolish the Electoral College.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact guarantees the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

With the National Popular Vote:

• Every vote in every state in every presidential election will be equal. No battleground states, no spectator states.
• The candidate with the most votes across all 50 states and DC will win. No 2nd place winners.
• Candidates will be motivated to seek voter support in all 50 states and DC. No more swing states or spectator states.
• Voter participation will increase because voters will know their vote matters.

If you’re interested in helping make the National Popular Vote happen, we invite you to join our National Popular Vote Action Team.