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State Targeted by National Popular Vote
ALERT! States Targeted in Push for NPV Compact
National Popular Vote, the group pushing the NPV compact, is focusing in 2021 on Virginia and eight other states: Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina and Oklahoma. These are their targeted States that have full Republican Legislatures, where NPV sees enough weakness that they believe these Republicans will enact the NPVIC scheme.
They are targeting "Purple" States as well.
The initiative has made progress in those states by passing at least one legislative chamber, but didn’t clear the finish line, spokesman Patrick Rosenstiel said.
They have a combined total of 88 electoral votes, enough to surpass 270.
“We’ll focus on any states that offer a credible chance of enactment between now and the 2024 presidential election,” Rosenstiel said.
National Popular Vote, the group pushing the NPV compact, is focusing in 2021 on Virginia and eight other states: Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina and Oklahoma. These are their targeted States that have full Republican Legislatures, where NPV sees enough weakness that they believe these Republicans will enact the NPVIC scheme.
They are targeting "Purple" States as well.
The initiative has made progress in those states by passing at least one legislative chamber, but didn’t clear the finish line, spokesman Patrick Rosenstiel said.
They have a combined total of 88 electoral votes, enough to surpass 270.
“We’ll focus on any states that offer a credible chance of enactment between now and the 2024 presidential election,” Rosenstiel said.
NPVIC Status
Expect a big push in January 2021. Maine is currently considered a 'Left Leaning' State and is likely a high-value target for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact scheme sales force. The NPVIC did have a lot of movement and progress in the last session of the Maine Legislature.
The National Popular Vote scheme has been introduced four times in Maine since 2007 and has been defeated each time. The most recent defeat was in June 2019.
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December 2020 - We expect a big push by NPVIC in the new Legislature in January 2021. The Associated Press reports that the paid consultant staff of NPV is targeting certain States in 2021 and 2022. Critics of Electoral College Target States, Push for Popular Vote Compact We expect a big push from the California-based National Popular Vote office in Maine in early 2021. Maine's Legislature had given the NPVIC Bill some added traction in early 2019 before finally stopping it. Maine's Governor had said that she would likely sign the NPVIC if it reached her desk and the make-up of the Maine Legislature is of members who tend to be in favor popular voting and the NPVIC. Bill LD-418 & HP-327 were introduced in January 2019 by 7 Democrat Representatives and 2 Democrat Senators. It's Final Disposition status is listed as "Ought Not To Pass Pursuant to Joint Rule 310, March 19, 2019". |
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