Popular vote bill on way to Gov. Carney

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The  National Popular Vote bill  is on its way to Gov. John Carney after the Delaware House approved the measure on a party line vote.

The Senate approved the measure last week, 14 to 7 and the House okayed the bill on a party line vote.

If the bill is signed by Carney,Delaware would become part of an  interstate compact whose members would pledge their electoral votes to  the presidential candidate wins the majority of the national popular vote. 

The compact would become active when its members’ collective electoral votes total at least 270 – the minimum  needed to secure a presidential victory. 

The measure is expected face legal challenges if and when it meets  the 270 electoral vote mark. So far, the states that have approved the plan is about 100 short of a majority.

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Republicans objected to going around the constitution with the consortium

 A total of 48 states and the District of  Columbia have a winner take all law In the past couple of decades, the system has awarded  two candidates (the first term of George W. Bush and Donald Trump) the presidency, despite the loss of the total popular vote.

The system was designed to protect small states like Delaware, but also had its roots in accommodating states  that had a sizable number of slaves.

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