possessing 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 electoral votes). It has
been enacted into law in 15 jurisdictions possessing 189 electoral votes,
including 5 small jurisdictions (DC, DE, HI, RI, VT), 6 medium-sized
states (CO, CT, MD, MA, NM, WA), and 4 big states (CA, IL, NJ, NY).
The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional
81 electoral votes.
The National Popular Vote bill has now passed a total of 40 state legislative
chambers in 24 states. It has also passed at least one legislative chamber
in 9 states possessing 82 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, OR).
It has been unanimously approved at the committee level in 2 states possessing
27 more electoral votes (GA, MO). The National Popular Vote bill has been
introduced in various years in all 50 states.
On the map below, each square represents one electoral vote (out of 538).
