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  1. 1 day ago · Once enough states join the compact to represent at least 270 electoral votes—the number needed to elect a president—the Electoral College will be rendered irrelevant and presidents will effectively be chosen by popular vote. So far, enough states have joined to represent 209 electoral votes.

  2. 1 day ago · Seventeen states and Washington, D.C. recently decided to revive a challenge to the Electoral College by joining a compact to elect the president by popular vote. Proposed in the National Popular ...

  3. Apr 28, 2024 · An Act to Adopt an Interstate Compact to Elect the President of the United States by National Popular Vote. Gov. Janet Mills allowed the bill to become law without her signature. The Maine Monitor is recapping the 131st Legislature by highlighting legislative bills you should know about.

  4. 2 days ago · An effort for a People's Veto of Maine’s national popular vote is in the works. Last month, Maine lawmakers voted to join an interstate compact to pledge the state's four electoral college votes ...

  5. Apr 27, 2024 · Portsmouth Herald. Opinion. Rooks: National Popular Vote Compact a highlight of disjointed Maine legislative session. Douglas Rooks. April 27, 2024 · 4 min read. When the Legislature left...

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  7. May 13, 2024 · The first came last month when the legislature voted to join 16 states and the District of Columbia in the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement by which the participating jurisdictions are pledged to casting their electoral votes for the winner in the national popular vote. That would happen even if the state involved voted for someone else.

  8. May 12, 2024 · The first came last month when the Legislature voted to join 16 states and the District of Columbia in the National Popular Vote Compact, an agreement by which the participating jurisdictions...

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