Thread by @AceBearstrom

1/NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE
The electoral college is a terrible idea designed by racists and wealth, for racists and wealth. CO joins a growing list of states hoping to decide presidential elections by popular vote.

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2/Called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the agreement calls for states to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, once enough states join the agreement.

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3/So far, 15 states and the District of Columbia have approved the pact, covering 196 electoral votes of the required 270 to win the presidency.

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4/That 270 matters: The states that have approved legislation to join the compact agreed it would not take effect until the 270 threshold is reached.

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5/Once it does, those states will have the power to use their Electoral College votes to elect a winner, according to the popular vote.

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6/This uses the Electoral College to effectively phase out the Electoral College, though it would not apply to states that do not sign up.

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7/The candidate with the most votes should win, just the way it happens in every other US election. Candidates should campaign across the entire country, not just in a handful of swing states.

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8/This is not a partisan issue. Proponents are confident that the courts will ultimately allow states to decide how to carry out presidential elections.

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9/The Constitution is very clear that state legislators have the exclusive and plenary right to award the state's electors however they so choose. And so that's exactly what this compact does.

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10/This is a step toward electoral decency. All votes should be counted equally, not some votes given outsized weight because the voter lives in a rural state or others given less weight because they live in a city.

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