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Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by |
the presidential electors, the chief election official of each |
member state shall determine the number of votes for each |
presidential slate in each State of the United States and in |
the District of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a |
statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to |
produce a "national popular vote total" for each presidential |
slate. |
The chief election official of each member state shall |
designate the presidential slate with the largest national |
popular vote total as the "national popular vote winner." |
The presidential elector certifying official of each |
member state shall certify the appointment in that official's |
own state of the elector slate nominated in that state in |
association with the national popular vote winner. |
At least six days before the day fixed by law for the |
meeting and voting by the presidential electors, each member |
state shall make a final determination of the number of popular |
votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and shall |
communicate an official statement of such determination within |
24 hours to the chief election official of each other member |
state. |
The chief election official of each member state shall |
treat as conclusive an official statement containing the number |
of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by |
the day established by federal law for making a state's final |
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determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes |
by Congress. |
In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the |
presidential elector certifying official of each member state |
shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in |
association with the presidential slate receiving the largest |
number of popular votes within that official's own state. |
If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors |
nominated in a member state in association with the national |
popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's |
number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the |
presidential slate that has been designated as the national |
popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the |
presidential electors for that state and that state's |
presidential elector certifying official shall certify the |
appointment of such nominees. |
The chief election official of each member state shall |
immediately release to the public all vote counts or statements |
of votes as they are determined or obtained. |
This article shall govern the appointment of presidential |
electors in each member state in any year in which this |
agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively |
possessing a majority of the electoral votes.
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Article IV-Other Provisions |
This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively |
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possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this |
agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by |
such states have taken effect in each state. |
Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except |
that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end |
of a President's term shall not become effective until a |
President or Vice President shall have been qualified to serve |
the next term. |
The chief executive of each member state shall promptly |
notify the chief executive of all other states of when this |
agreement has been enacted and has taken effect in that |
official's state, when the state has withdrawn from this |
agreement, and when this agreement takes effect generally. |
This agreement shall terminate if the electoral college is |
abolished. |
If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the |
remaining provisions shall not be affected.
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Article V-Definitions |
For purposes of this agreement,
"chief executive" shall |
mean the Governor of a State of the United States or the Mayor |
of the District of Columbia;
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"elector slate" shall mean a slate of candidates who have |
been nominated in a state for the position of presidential |
elector in association with a presidential slate; |
"chief election official" shall mean the state official or |
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body that is authorized to certify the total number of popular |
votes for each presidential slate; |
"presidential elector" shall mean an elector for President |
and Vice President of the United States; |
"presidential elector certifying official" shall mean the |
state official or body that is authorized to certify the |
appointment of the state's presidential electors; |
"presidential slate" shall mean a slate of two persons, the |
first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President |
of the United States and the second of whom has been nominated |
as a candidate for Vice President of the United States, or any |
legal successors to such persons, regardless of whether both |
names appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a |
particular state; |
"state" shall mean a State of the United States and the |
District of Columbia; and |
"statewide popular election" shall mean a general election |
in which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual |
voters and counted on a statewide basis.".
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Section 10. Enforcement. The agencies and officers of this |
State and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and do |
all things appropriate to effect its purpose and intent that |
may be within their respective jurisdictions. |