Obama was a major kick-starter of this effort when he was on the board of the Joyce Foundation (1994-2002). It is now financed also by George Soros. The plan COMPLETELY bypasses our Constitution and creates election by popular vote. It is clever because although it is a nationwide effort, it does NOT require any action by Congress. The scheme involves each state to require their Electoral College representatives to cast ALL of their votes for the winner of their state's popular vote, rather than the current system. [clipper]
"Last month, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the National Popular Vote, or NPV, bill, making his state the 11th jurisdiction to enact the plan. With the passage of the bill, the interstate compact now has 61 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to put it into effect.
Now the NPV effort could change the way Americans elect the president without amending the U.S. Constitution. The plan simply requires that enough states join through votes in their legislatures along with gubernatorial approval.
It takes two-thirds of both the House and Senate to pass a constitutional amendment to repeal the Electoral College.
To bypass the constitutional amendment process, NPV minimizes the number of states that would need to agree. Instead, once enough states agree to allot its electoral votes to the national popular vote winner, the Electoral College becomes irrelevant."
[WND] 
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