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Some states want to change the US presidential election system: what will come of it

Colorado's voters have chosen to join a growing roster of states that hope to elect a president by popular vote, the latest step in a national struggle over how the United States chooses its presidents. The publication told more about this. NBC News.

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The agreement, called the Interstate Agreement on National Popular Voting, calls on states to give their electoral votes to the winner of the popular vote once enough states join the agreement.

So far, 15 states and the District of Columbia have approved a pact covering 196 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win.

The states that passed the treaty accession law agreed that it will not go into effect until the 270 threshold is reached. Once this happens, these states will have the right to use their electoral college votes to select the winner by popular vote ...

The Colorado Senate was the first state legislature to try to pass a popular vote proposal in 2006, although the legislation failed several times. It was ultimately signed into law last year by Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat. But then the law was successfully challenged by Coloradans Vote, a group that collected enough signatures to call a referendum to ask Colorado voters to affirm or repeal the law.

John Coza participated in the first vote and was the founder and chairman of the non-profit organization National Popular Vote. He is a computer scientist known for his work in the field of genetics, even was one of the inventors of scratch-off lottery tickets and showed more than a passing interest in how the US presidential elections are held.

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“I’ve been interested in the quirks of the Electoral College since the 1960s,” Koza said. “Some of us got together and said maybe the approach we have would be the best way to try to get the popular vote.”

While the treaty was largely supported by the states ruled by Democratic governors, it was also supported by some Republicans, such as Michael Steele.

Critics, however, say the popular vote initiative will encourage candidates to focus on major cities, which tend to favor Democratic candidates.

“The reason people should support the popular vote is quite simple. ... The candidate with the most votes should win, as happens in all other elections in this country,” explained Sylvia Bernstein, coordinator of the movement for the popular election of the president.

She said candidates should be forced to campaign across the country, not just in a few wavering states.

Other opponents say the states will cede power in accordance with the agreement.

“The feedback I was getting from my constituents was: What can we do about this? Why don’t we vote in a popular vote?” - said Don Wilson, Republican, co-founder of Coloradans Vote and mayor of Monument (Colorado).

“The presidential election is the only election we have where the sovereignty of the state and its people are united in one vote,” Wilson stated.

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Both Goat and Wilson were already thinking about what would happen after Colorado joined. Wilson said he would like to discuss the matter with other states.

All parties agree that when the campaign gets the required number of votes, there will be a possibility of judicial challenge. Supporters are confident that the courts will ultimately allow states to decide how to conduct presidential elections.

“It’s hard to imagine something important not being challenged in court,” Bernstein said. “We are deeply confident that we will pass these tests. The Constitution clearly states that state legislators have the sole and complete right to appoint state electors as they please.”

If states are allowed to vote by popular vote, the likelihood of a Democratic candidate becoming president increases. Democrats have won a popular vote in 7 of the last 8 presidential elections (1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020), although they did not lead the White House during the three presidential terms that fell during those years.

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