Maine Governor Allows National Popular Vote Legislation to Become Law

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She said she recognized merit to both sides of the electoral college argument but would allow the bill to become law without her signature as its debated.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills said she will allow a narrowly passed bill that would award the stateโ€™s four electoral college votes to go toward the winner of the National Popular Vote to become law, as opposed to the current system where the votes go either to the winner of the stateโ€™s popular vote or according to the results in each of congressional districtโ€”as is the case in Maine.

A group known as the National Popular Vote (NPV) is behind a push for states to enter into a โ€œNational Popular Vote Interstate Compactโ€ that would hand the presidency to whoever gets the greatest number of popular votes at the national level.

Rather than abolishing the Electoral College, this would require presidential electors in the states and the District of Columbia to vote for the candidate who gets the most popular votes overall, which would see the outcome of the election decided by the views of those living in major population centers like Los Angeles and Houston instead of by entire swing states.

Maineโ€™s legislation passed the State House of Representatives on April 2 by a slim 73 to 72 margin. It cleared the Senate the following day by an 18 to 12 vote.

In an April 15 press release, Ms. Mills said she has been โ€œcarefully consideringโ€ the billโ€™s merits for the past ten days, and โ€œreviewing arguments both for and against.โ€

She opted to give her approval to the bill without a signature. Maineโ€™s Constitution gives governors three options to legislation that arrives at their desk: to sign a bill into law, veto it, or allow it to become law without their signature.

Supporters of the legislation argue that electing a president based on who has more support among voters in a state but not nationwide doesnโ€™t make sense, and that the new system under the โ€œNational Popular Vote Interstate Compactโ€ would make everyoneโ€™s vote count the same, no matter where they live.

Byย Stephen Katte

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