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National Popular Vote Victory in Massachusetts

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on July 22, 2010 - 11:25am

National Popular Vote Victory in Massachusetts Adds Momentum to Changing Presidential Vote System

Last week, the Massachusetts Senate passed National Popular Vote (NPV) legislation by a 28-10 vote, a little more than a month after the state’s House of Representatives approved NPV by an overwhelmingly bipartisan majority.

MA: Winner-take-all bill is OK'd by state Senate

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on July 16, 2010 - 10:39am

The MA state Senate approves a bill that would give all 12 of the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.

National Popular Vote Approved in Chambers in New York and Massachusetts

Cristina Francisco-McGuire on June 10, 2010 - 4:56pm
On June 7, the New York Senate passed S2286A, the National Popular Vote (NPV) bill, with over two-thirds of both political parties supporting the bill in a 52-7 roll call.  Although it has received bipartisan support ever since it was first introduced in 2006, the overwhelmingly bipartisan support it received during Monday's vote was unprecedented.  Twenty-two of the Chamber's 30 Republicans voted for the bill, not far off from the 79% overall support in New York for a national popular vote for President.  

Election Reforms to Drive Turnout

Christian Smith-Socaris on November 20, 2009 - 12:45pm
As part of our Shared Multi-State Agenda, the Progressive States Network is working with legislators, advocates and leading experts to promote election reforms that drive voter turnout in states across the country - just in time for the coming 2010 and 2012 election years.

National Popular Vote Signed into Law in Washington

Christian Smith-Socaris on April 30, 2009 - 1:02pm
Washington has become the fifth state to pass the national popular vote (NPV) when Gov. Gregoire signed the legislation on Tuesday.

Progressive States Network lauds Gov. Gregoire and WA legislators for supporting national popular vote

Austin Guest on April 28, 2009 - 7:26pm

OLYMPIA - With Gov. Gregoire's signature, Washington State today became the fifth state in the nation to enact theNational Popular Vote bill, joining Maryland, New Jersey, Hawaii andIllinois. The state's 11 electoral votes combine with 50 from the otherfour states to bring the total number of electoral votes to 61 — 22% ofthe 270 needed to implement a National Popular Vote. In addition totoday's victory, legislative chambers in Arkansas, Colorado, NewMexico, Oregon and Vermont have passed popular vote legislation so farthis year.