The Colorado Senate this week handed a bill that might award the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the nationwide popular vote.
The Senate handed the measure alongside celebration traces in a 19-16 vote Tuesday, sending the bill to the state House for consideration.
The bill, referred to as the the nationwide popular vote interstate compact, was sponsored by state Sen. Mike Foote (D), would require Colorado members of the Electoral College to solid their vote for the winner of the nationwide popular vote.
The state’s 9 electoral votes at the moment go towards the candidate who wins the vast majority of votes in Colorado.
The nationwide popular vote interstate compact is an settlement amongst 11 states and the District of Columbia, however would solely go into impact if there are sufficient electoral votes to affect the ultimate Electoral College vote tally.
The states within the pact have 172 electoral votes — 98 wanting the 270 wanted to win the Electoral College.
“This really isn’t a red versus blue idea. This is about making sure that the president of the United States is elected by the entire nation, not just a handful of ‘battleground states’ that get to decide our presidential elections under the current system,” Foote stated in a assertion. “All of Colorado’s voters should be heard, regardless of whether or not we are considered a battleground state.”