Michigan House Democrats Push Measure to Add State to National Popular Vote Compact

The Michigan House of Representatives introduced a measure this week that would bind the state’s presidential vote to the national popular vote. House Bill 4156 and House Bill 4440, sponsored by state Rep. Carrie A. Rheingans, D-Ann Arbor, would add Michigan to the National Popular Vote Compact.

Under House Bill 4156, Michigan would join the “Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.” The measure, also known as the National Popular Vote Compact, would tie the state’s 15 electoral votes to the national popular vote winner rather than its popular vote winner.

“If states with a total of 270 electoral votes agree to this compact, it would change how we elect the president,” Michigan State Senator Jim Runestad said on X. “Currently states like Michigan allocate our individual electors based on Michigan’s vote in the electoral college,” he added. “Under this plan, we get rid [of] the constitutionally designed Electoral College and Michigan then allocates its electors based on the national popular vote winner,” Runestad said. “This means the presidential slate with the most votes nationwide wins, regardless of individual state outcomes.”

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