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RandySF

(57,661 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 09:54 PM Feb 2020

Virginia House passes bill to award electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote

The Democratic-led Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that seeks to award the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate that wins the national popular vote in an election.

The measure, also known as House Bill 177, passed the legislative chamber in a 51-46 vote on Tuesday after clearing the body’s Privileges and Elections Committee in a vote last week.

If the legislation is passed by the Senate, where Democrats also hold control, and signed into law by the governor, Virginia would subsequently be entered into the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

“Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia,” a bill summary states. “The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact.”



https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/482766-virginia-house-passes-bill-to-award-electoral-votes-to-whoever-wins-the

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Virginia House passes bill to award electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote (Original Post) RandySF Feb 2020 OP
Never really been a fan of that... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #1
The Old Dominion State sure has turned around since 2018 empedocles Feb 2020 #2
Not so sure this is a good idea DonaldsRump Feb 2020 #3

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
3. Not so sure this is a good idea
Wed Feb 12, 2020, 10:23 PM
Feb 2020

Virginia should make its vote independent of the rest of the country. It renders voting, to some degree, meaningless, as it doesn't really matter what Virginians vote for, except for the national tally.

i'd much rather we do away with the EC. I know that's not easy, but I'm really not sure what this proposal actually advances.

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