Time to get rid of the Electoral College

From  Common Cause:

If you agree that every American should have meaningful say in our presidential elections, add your name for National Popular Vote NOW >>

Many Americans are outraged that for the second time in five elections, the presidential candidate who won the most popular votes LOST the election in 2016. And in every presidential election, candidates are forced to only compete in a handful of swing states -- effectively ignoring voters in every other state in the union. 

The winner-take-all Electoral College system that led to this anti-democratic outcome must be changed -- so that voters in all 50 states have a say in choosing our president. 

Here's how to do it: states can decide how they award their electoral votes -- so if enough require their electors to vote for the winner of the nationwidepopular vote, it would fix the problems of the Electoral College without needing to amend the Constitution. 

This National Popular Vote Compact wouldn't take effect until enough jurisdictions have joined in, but we're closer to that than you might think -- 15 states and D.C. have already signed on, totaling 196 electoral votes of the needed 270. 

Activating the National Popular Vote Compact would reshape our democracy for the better! Add your name today to urge lawmakers in your state to join.

Click here to sign the petition>SIGN THE PETITION

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