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The '''National Popular Vote Interstate Compact''' (also known as "'''NPVIC'''") is an agreement among a group of [[United States|U.S. states]] and the [[District of Columbia]] to award all their [[United States Electoral College|electoral votes]] to whichever [[United States presidential election|presidential ticket]] wins the overall [[Popular vote (representative democracy)|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=National Popular Vote|url=http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/national-popular-vote.aspx|website=National Conference of State Legislatures|publisher=NCSL|access-date=November 9, 2015|date=March 11, 2015|archive-date=December 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217002135/http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/national-popular-vote.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CtEC">{{cite journal|last1=Brody|first1=Michael|title=Circumventing the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Survives Constitutional Scrutiny Under the Compact Clause|journal=Legislation and Policy Brief|date=February 17, 2013|volume=5|issue=1|pages=33, 35|url=http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=lpb|access-date=September 11, 2014|publisher=Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law|archive-date=March 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327020529/http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1043&context=lpb|url-status=live}}</ref>  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. 

{{seealso|w:Article One of the United States Constitution}}
{{seealso|w:Article Five of the United States Constitution}}
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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 of the United States|United States' constitution's]] "Compact Clause" or that the presidential election process cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment.

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