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Status of [[National Popular Vote Interstate Compact|NPVIC]] related legislation acted on in 2007:<br/>
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Revision as of 23:52, 2 April 2007

Status of NPVIC related legislation acted on in 2007:
  passed in both houses (1)
  passed in one house (2)
  passed in one committee (6)
  failed in the legislature (3)
  introduced (26)
  no legislation pending (12 + DC)

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a proposed agreement between states in the U.S. dealing with their allocation of electoral votes. This interstate compact, if enacted by enough states, would shift the method of election of the President of the United States to a national popular vote system.

By terms of the compact, states agree to give all of their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, not the winner in their own state. The compact would only go into effect once it was joined by states representing a controlling majority of the electoral college (270 votes in 2000). In the unlikely event of a tie in the national popular vote, the winner would be determined by individual states' electoral votes.

Such a plan was first proposed in 2001 by brothers and law professors Akhil Amar and Vikram Amar. The plan drew much wider national attention in 2006 when it was endorsed and publicized by the non-profit group National Popular Vote. National Popular Vote's advisory committee consists in part of former US Senators and Representatives, including former Senators Jake Garn, Birch Bayh, and David Durenberger, and former Representatives John Anderson, John Buchanan, and Tom Campbell.

The project has been endorsed by several newspapers, including the New York Times,[1] the Chicago Sun-Times,[2] the Los Angeles Times[3] and the Minneapolis Star Tribune[4] arguing that the existing system discourages voter turnout and leaves emphasis on only a few states and a few issues, while a popular election would equalize voting power. An article by Pete du Pont, a former governor of Delaware, in the opinion section of the Wall Street Journal[5] has reacted against it, stating it to be an urban power grab that would shift politics entirely to urban issues in high population states and allow lower caliber candidates to run.

Status

State Electoral
votes 		Date Bill(s) Lower house Upper house Governor Final
outcome
Alabama 9 2007 HB 192 introduced[6] — — —
Alaska 3 2007 SB 128 — introduced[6] — —
Arizona 10 2007 HB 2297 introduced[6] introduced[6] — —
Arkansas 6 2007 HB 1703 passed[6] introduced[6] — —
California 55 2006 AB 2948 passed[7] passed[7] vetoed[7] failed[7]
2007 SB 37 — introduced[6] — —
Colorado 9 2006 SB 06-223 — passed — failed
2007 SB 07-046 failed[8] passed[6] — failed
Connecticut 7 2007 HB 6000 introduced[6] — — —
Delaware 3 — none — — — —
District of Columbia 3 — none
(congressional legislation) 		— — — —
Florida 27 2007 SB 2568 — introduced[6] — —
Georgia 15 2007 HB 630 introduced[6] — — —
Hawaii 4 2007 HB 234, SB 1956 introduced[6] passed[6] — —
Idaho 4 — none — — — —
Illinois 21 2006 HB 5777, SB 2724 introduced[9] introduced[10] — failed
2007 HB 858, SB 78 introduced[6] introduced[11] — —
Indiana 11 2007 HB 1807 introduced[6] — — —
Iowa 7 2007 HSB 147, SSB 1103 — introduced[6] — —
Kansas 6 2007 SB 150 — introduced[6] — —
Kentucky 8 2007 HB 550 introduced[6] — — —
Louisiana 9 2006 HB 927 introduced[12] — — failed
— none — — — —
Maine 4 — none — — — —
Maryland 10 2007 HB 148, SB 634 passed[6] passed[6] pending —
Massachusetts 12 2007 ___ introduced[6] introduced[6] — —
Michigan 17 — none — — — —
Minnesota 10 — none — — — —
Mississippi 6 2007 SB 2284 — introduced[6] — —
Missouri 11 2006 HB 2090 introduced[13] — — failed
2007 HB 289 introduced[6] — — —
Montana 3 2007 SB 290 — failed[14] — failed[14]
Nebraska 5 — none — — —
Nevada 5 2007 AB 384 introduced[6] — — —
New Hampshire 4 — none — — — —
New Jersey 15 — none — — — —
New Mexico 5 2007 SB 666 — introduced[6] — —
New York 31 2006 A11563 introduced[15] — — failed
2007 A03883 introduced[6] — — —
North Carolina 15 2007 SB 760 — introduced[6] — —
North Dakota 3 2007 HB 1336 failed[14] — — failed[14]
Ohio 20 — none — — — —
Oklahoma 7 2007 HB 1466 introduced[6] — — —
Oregon 7 2007 HB 3325 introduced[6] — — —
Pennsylvania 21 — none — — — —
Rhode Island 4 2007 S 0201 — introduced[6] — —
South Carolina 8 — none — — — —
South Dakota 3 2007 HB 1295 introduced[6] — — —
Tennessee 11 2007 HB 841, SB 811 introduced[6] introduced[6] — —
Texas 34 2007 HB 3566, SB 520 introduced[16] introduced[17] — —
Utah 5 2007 HB 346 introduced[6] — — —
Vermont 3 2007 H 373 introduced[6] — — —
Virginia 13 2007 HB 2742, SB 864 introduced[6] introduced[6] — —
Washington 11 2007 HB 1750, SB 5628 introduced[6] introduced[6] — —
West Virginia 5 2007 SB 482 — introduced[6] — —
Wisconsin 10 — none — — — —
Wyoming 3 2007 HB 190 introduced[6] — — —

Notes

  1. ^ New York Times endorsement
  2. ^ Chicago Sun-Times endorsement
  3. ^ Los Angeles Timese endorsement
  4. ^ Minneapolis Star Tribune endorsement
  5. ^ Wall Street Journal article
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap National Popular Vote
  7. ^ a b c d Official California Legislative Information accessed Jan 28, 2007, 10:17PM
  8. ^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5403583,00.html
  9. ^ http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5777&GAID=8&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=25606&SessionID=50&GA=94
  10. ^ http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2724&GAID=8&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=23676&SessionID=50&GA=94
  11. ^ http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=78&GAID=9&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=27294&SessionID=51&GA=95
  12. ^ http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/History.asp?sessionid=06RS&billid=HB927
  13. ^ http://www.house.mo.gov/bills061/action/aHB2090.htm
  14. ^ a b c d Wetzel, Dale (2007-02-08). "Popular vote plan dies in N.D., Mont". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2007-02-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1=, |2=, |3=, |4=, |5=, |6=, and |7= (help)
  15. ^ http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A11563
  16. ^ http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB03566I.htm
  17. ^ http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/SB00520I.htm

See also

External links

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