National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

Status as of April 2024[update]: 0 270 538 Each square in the cartogram represents one electoral vote.   Enacted – 209 EVs (38.8% of Electoral College)   Pending – 87 EVs (16.2%)   Neither enacted nor pending – 242 EVs (45.0%)[1] | Threshold for activation – 270 EVs (50% plus one)
Drafted	January 2006
Effective	Not in effect
Condition	Adoption by states (and D.C.) whose electoral votes comprise a majority in the Electoral College. The agreement is binding only where adopted.
Signatories	List  Maryland  New Jersey  Illinois  Hawaii  Washington  Massachusetts  District of Columbia  Vermont  California  Rhode Island  New York  Connecticut  Colorado  Delaware  New Mexico  Oregon  Minnesota  Maine
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Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote at Wikisource

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential ticket wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact is designed to ensure that the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide is elected president, and it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome.^[2][3]

Introduced in 2006, as of April 2024^[update] it has been adopted by seventeen states and the District of Columbia. These jurisdictions have 209 electoral votes, which is 39% of the Electoral College and 77% of the 270 votes needed to give the compact legal force.

Certain legal questions may affect implementation of the compact. Some legal observers believe states have plenary power to appoint electors as prescribed by the compact; others believe that the compact will require congressional consent under the Constitution's Compact Clause or that the presidential election process cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment.