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The Compact doesn't need Congressional Consent, as per SCOTUS:Types of Compacts Requiring Congressional Approval
A literal interpretation of the compact clause would conclude all interstate agreements must obtain the approval of Congress before they take effect and carry the weight of law. The Supreme Court, however, has ruled that “any” does not mean “all” in the context of interstate compacts and congressional consent. To clear up the ambiguity of the compact clause, the U.S. Supreme Court in Virginia v. Tennessee held that Congress must approve only two types of compacts:
1) Those compacts that alter the balance of political power between the state and federal government; or
So a State can choose EC delegates randomly from a phone book, for example. Likewise, other States can agree to collectively do in a compact as per the above.
Only the EC votes for who gets to be POTUS. People don't. Never have.
Hillary got more votes than Trump did in 2016. So what do you mean by 'never seen'?
I can’t wait until Trump wins the popular vote and having to see Oregon and California votes go to Trump.
I’ll throw a popular vote party.
None of these States have bothered to have this decided by their voters. I think it's comical How Trump is waiting hoping they get to 270. Then Crush them reality when he gets Scotus to take it up one week before 2016 General Election and Win with a SCOTUS consensus that it was a violation of the Constitution.
Oregon is the 15th state to join the National Popular State compact, an agreement established by each participating states' laws to put its electoral votes toward the winner of the national popular vote, instead of the state's own popular vote. The compact will only go into effect if the cumulative total of the states' electoral votes surpasses the 270 necessary for a majority, which would require states that voted for President Donald Trump in 2016 to sign on.