I really wonder why all this activity is happening in the state legislatures.
There must be a lot of swiss bank accounts changing hands!
It’s only happening in Democrat-leaning legislatures in Democrat-leaning states.
These idiots are still fighting the battles of 2000.
It’s that simple. But in reality all they are doing is setting up the very real potential of regular electoral college shut-outs for the Republicans.
Since these laws go into effect as soon as enough states sign on as to represent a bare majority of the electoral college, and since it is only Democrat-leaning states doing it, we would likely see it only have an effect in years where Republicans win, and all the states that were carried by the Democrat would be forced to vote for the Republican. Since Republican-leaning states won’t be signing on, no red states would turn blue in the case of a Democrat win, keeping the electoral vote totals close.
And here’s the best part: imagine all the blue states plus one or two swing states sign on to reach 270 electoral votes, but as populations continue to change, several blue states lose electoral votes while several red states gain electoral votes, as has been happening steadily and is projected to continue. Suddenly, we may find a situation where these laws were activated in all of these blue states, but there are no longer enough combined electoral votes in them all to guarantee the election to the popular vote winner.