Here’s How We Can Elect Our Next President By Popular Vote
The plan to fix the Electoral College and make every vote count equally is closer to the finish line than you think.
Amidst early speculation about the 2020 presidential election, something that has been largely ignored is the structural flaw that determined the outcome of the last contest: the Electoral College. For the fifth time in American history the candidate who won the popular vote did not win the presidency. And lest you think the Electoral College always favors Republicans, remember, John Kerry came within about 60,000 votes in Ohio from becoming President while losing the popular vote by over 3 million votes in 2004.
It makes sense that the media might not focus on the Electoral College since most Americans probably assume we’re stuck with it. But the truth is, a plan to elect our next President by popular vote has been gaining momentum and is already more than half way to success. And it’s conceivable that by November 3, 2020, that plan — the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (“NPVIC”) — will be enacted.
The NPVIC is our best chance to change the current system because the Constitution allows states to decide how to allocate their electors on their own. Most have chosen to award all of their electors to whichever candidate wins the vote within their state; but it doesn’t have…
