Nearly 20 years in the making, the reform initiative seeks to change the way Electoral College votes are counted.
For nearly two decades, there's been an effort to change the way the U.S. has always elected its presidents by creating a workaround to the Electoral College, the indirect popular election process that's been used in every American presidential election in history. A collection of states is now a little closer than it was four years ago to choosing a president by popular vote, after Maine signed legislation in April to join the effort.
She is confident they will get the National Popular Vote over the finish line after the November election.Democrats have a history of advocating against the Electoral College, which they say gives disproportionate power to smaller, redder states.
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