http://www.ballot-access.org/…

On the evening of December 13, the New Jersey Assembly passed A4225. This is the National Popular Vote Plan. It will receive a vote in the State Senate on December 17.

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com : 3-Sentence Desciption

Under the U.S. Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete) power to allocate their electoral votes, and may change their state laws concerning the awarding of their electoral votes at any time. Under the National Popular Vote bill, all of the state’s electoral votes would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538).

I understand what they are going after here but I think it’d be better to work at the federal level and remove the electoral college and implement a runoff or instant-runoff popular vote. Or even better… get rid of the whole thing.