On July 9, 2008 the Massachusetts State House passed bill H678, the National Popular Vote Bill, 117-39 votes. It became the 20th state legislative chamber to pass the bill.
The National Popular Vote was debated on the floor of the House July 1st and again on July 9th. Questions of the constitutionality of the bill (due [...]

Former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis admits that his 1988 election campaign focused mainly on swing states. Dukakis firmly supports the National Popular Vote movement. In his call to eliminate the Electoral College System, Dukakis acknowledges that:
“A big turnout in Massachusetts and many other states is irrelevant to winning the election. Only winning [...]

Rhode Island governor Donald Carcieri on Wednesday vetoed having Rhode Island enter into the National Popular Vote agreement. His action follows on the heels of him vetoing a bill to establish age 16 as a uniform advance voter registration age — both lead priorities of our vibrant FairVote Rhode Island partner led by the intrepid [...]

The recent Herald Tribune article, “Under US system, presidential voters really matter only in swing states,” points out a valid issue gaining attention in the minds of voters. The Electoral College creates an election where battleground states receive all the campaign attention, at the expense of their uncompetitive counterparts. The Electoral College compromise was initially [...]