Virginia lawmakers have sent Gov. Abigail Spanberger legislation to join an interstate compact that would award the presidency to the candidate who wins the national popular vote, rather than the winner of the Electoral College.
The plan, known as the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, would require member states to award their electors to the winner of the national popular vote, rather than to the candidate who won their states. Had the compact been in effect in 2024, Virginia’s 13 electoral votes would have gone to President Donald Trump, even though then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, carried the state by nearly 6 percentage points.
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