MESSAGE FOR OCTOBER 12-19
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The National Popular Vote
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Our current Electoral College system for electing the President has many problems. A candidate can win the national popular vote but still lose the election, as happened in 2000 and 2016. Because of winner-take-all, a candidate who wins even a few more votes than their opponent can claim all of that state’s votes. This disenfranchises voters who supported the opponent. Smaller states have higher electoral representation than larger states. Battleground states get all the resources and promises, while blue and red states get ignored. Electors can vote against the state’s popular outcome, which tried to happen in 2020.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact ensures that every vote carries equal weight, regardless of the voter’s home state, and that every state matters, not just swing states. If our legislators vote for the Compact, we will be closer to the electoral votes needed to establish a more democratic way to elect our president, without the difficult process of amending the U.S. Constitution.
Message Of The Week:
You can protect the integrity of our votes for President of the U.S. by joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. By joining this Compact we will have a more democratic voting method in which every vote has equal weight and is not discounted by the current winner-take-all system.
Contact information
Senator David H. McCormick-R
Email: https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/contact/contact-dave/
Pittsburgh Address:
Pittsburgh Address: 310 Grant Street, Suite 2415, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 412-803-7370
Washington D.C. Office:
SH-702 Hart Senate Office
Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone # 202-224-6324