DEMAND PROGRESS is asking everyone in Virginia to click the link below to contact your Delegate and Senator in Richmond and tell them to pass the NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE BILL. The vote in the House will be on 11 FEB 20 latest, it is being held because so many Virginians called and e mailed our lawmakers in Richmond telling them to schedule this for a vote. Citizen activism does make a difference and we can win this vote if enough of us e mail and call......
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The Virginia State House is going to vote on the National Popular Vote bill THIS WEEK. Please urge your lawmakers to support it.
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Earlier this year we asked Virginia lawmakers to introduce the bill and bring it to a vote.
There's great news: They've heeded our calls and the bill will come up for a vote of the entire House on or before THIS Tuesday, February 11th.
The National Popular Vote interstate compact will go into effect when enacted by states with a majority of the presidential electors—that is, 270 of 538. After the compact goes into effect, each individual voter in all 50 states and DC will acquire a direct vote in the choice of all of the presidential electors from all of the states that enacted the compact.
The presidential candidate supported by the most voters in all 50 states and DC will therefore win a majority of the presidential electors in the Electoral College, and therefore become President.
The National Popular Vote bill is an achievable political goal. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have already used their constitutional powers to replace current winner-take-all laws with the National Popular Vote interstate compact. These 16 jurisdictions have 196 electoral votes. This is only 74 short of the 270 needed to activate the bill.
The bill has been enacted into law by 5 small jurisdictions (Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the District of Columbia), 8 medium-sized states (Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington state), and 3 big states (California, Illinois, and New York). It has also passed one house in 8 additional states with 75 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK). A total of 3,408 state legislators among all 50 states have endorsed it.
The Virginia State House of Representatives is about to vote on the National Popular Vote bill.
-The team at Demand Progress
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