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States pass the Compact.
Each participating state passes the same model bill, pledging its electoral votes to the national popular vote winner.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
The candidate with the most votes should win the presidency.
The Compact guarantees the White House to whoever receives the most popular votes across all 50 states and DC. It activates the moment participating states reach 270 electoral votes. We are 82% of the way there.
Three steps. No constitutional amendment required.
Article II of the Constitution already gives each state full authority over how it awards its electoral votes. The Compact uses that power.
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It activates at 270.
Nothing changes for any state until participating states reach 270 electoral votes. Then it triggers automatically.
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Most votes wins.
From the next election forward, the candidate who wins the most votes nationwide wins the presidency. Every cycle.
The Electoral College stays. State sovereignty stays. The only thing that changes is how participating states cast their votes. Read the mechanism in full →
Three numbers that explain the problem.
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Of 2024 campaign events happened in just 7 states.
43 states and roughly 80% of voters were spectators to the presidential election. 19 states received zero general-election visits across the past five cycles.
See the data →0of0
Presidents took office without winning the popular vote.
1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016. Recent elections turned on tiny shifts: 119,000 votes in 2004, 43,000 in 2020, 240,000 in 2024.
The history →0
The relative weight of a battleground vote.
A vote in Pennsylvania is worth roughly 200 times a vote in California or Wyoming. Whether your vote affects the outcome depends almost entirely on your zip code.
Polls show 70%+ support →What's the status in your state?
Some states have already enacted the Compact. Some are this close. Some have not started. The action you take depends on which.
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Enacted
222 EVs locked in. If your state is here, your job is to make sure it stays. Donate or volunteer to push other states over the line.
Find out →6
Priority targets
PA, MI, AZ, WI, NV, NH. 65 EVs total. These are the states that finish the campaign. If you live here, your action moves the needle.
Email your reps →6
Passed one chamber
AR, AZ, MI, NC, NV, OK have all cleared at least one legislative chamber. With sustained pressure these can finish.
Find out →23
Need a champion
Most states have not seen recent action on the Compact. If you live in one of them, the first step is finding a sponsor.
Find out →Recent wins. Active campaigns.
Three new jurisdictions in three years. The momentum is real and the path to 270 is visible.
Virginia signs.
The 19th jurisdiction. Brings the total to 222 electoral votes.
+13 EVMaine joins.
Gov. Mills signs. The 18th jurisdiction.
+4 EVMinnesota signs.
Gov. Walz signs. The 17th jurisdiction.
+10 EVThree signings in three months.
Colorado, Delaware, New Mexico, Oregon all enact within a single legislative session.
+26 EVThe four objections you've probably already thought of.
Each one is real and each one has a clean answer. The full library of 14 video explainers and 45 chapters lives on the myths page.
Big cities will dominate.
The 100 largest cities hold roughly 19% of Americans, about the same share as rural America. Neither block can elect a president alone. National elections force broad coalitions, not regional ones.
Small states will lose influence.
Small states are already ignored. 19 states received zero general-election visits across five cycles. Equal votes give every state a reason to be courted, not just the seven battlegrounds.
Doesn't this need a constitutional amendment?
No. Article II gives each state full authority over how its electoral votes are awarded. State winner-take-all rules are state statutes, not federal law. The Compact uses the same authority.
What about fraud and recounts?
A national vote actually dilutes the incentive to cheat. Fraud in any one state can no longer flip a single state's electors and decide an election. Recount margins scale by population, not by state.
The fastest way to 270 starts here.
5 min
Email your legislator
One pre-written message. Two clicks. State offices track every constituent who writes.
Send a message →15 min
Letter to the editor
Local opinion pages remain the most-read political content in any district.
Get the template →2 hrs
Volunteer locally
Help organize, table, or recruit other supporters in your state.
Sign up →$
Donate
Fund the field staff, advertising, and lobbying that get the Compact passed.
Contribute →Where to go next.
For lawmakers
Model bill, legal memo, polling in your state, talking points, and a list of bipartisan endorsements.
Open the lawmaker brief →For press
Spokesperson roster, downloadable graphics, the latest polling, and direct contact for Patrick Rosenstiel.
Open the press kit →For researchers
The full bill text, the Every Vote Equal book, all 14 explainer videos, every state poll, and the legal scholarship.
Open the research index →