The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (also known as "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 interstate compact is designed to ensure that the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide is elected "President of the United States", and it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome.[1][2] Introduced in 2006 (and as of July 2023) it has been adopted by sixteen states and the District of Columbia. These jurisdictions have 205 electoral votes, which is 38% of the United States Electoral College and 76% 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 United States' constitution's "Compact Clause" or that the presidential election process cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment.
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↑"National Popular Vote". National Conference of State Legislatures. NCSL. March 11, 2015. Archived from the original on December 17, 2015. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
