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National Popular Vote & Electoral College

We deserve presidential elections where every voter has an equal voice and where the winning candidate must engage with all 50 states. Common Cause is pushing to fix the broken Electoral College.

In several recent presidential races, the candidate who won the popular vote lost the election. And in every presidential election, candidates are forced to focus their attention on only a handful of swing states, essentially ignoring voters everywhere else. The winner-take-all Electoral College system that produces this anti-democratic process must be changed, so that voters in all 50 states have a say in choosing our president.

Here is how our National Popular Vote & the Electoral College campaign will fix this: the Constitution allows states to decide how they award their electoral votes, so if enough require their votes to go to the winner of the nationwide popular vote, we could fix the Electoral College’s problems without needing to amend the Constitution. This National Popular Vote Compact will not take effect until states with 270 electors—a majority—joined in. But we are closer to that than you might think: 16 states and the District of Columbia have already signed on, providing 205 electoral votes of the needed 270.

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Tell Your Lawmakers: We need National Popular Vote!

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Tell Your Lawmakers: We need National Popular Vote!

Time is running out for Michigan to pass bold legislation to reform our broken Electoral College. Here’s how you can help. With your help, we’re advancing legislation to add Michigan to the National Popular Vote Compact – where states agree to award their electoral votes to the candidate who wins the most votes nationwide, ensuring EVERY voter has a meaningful say in electing our president. But we only have until the end of the month...

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Listen to the People: Pass Democracy Reforms This Month

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Listen to the People: Pass Democracy Reforms This Month

After delaying passage of multiple democracy and transparency reforms, Common Cause Michigan is calling for lawmakers to pass these reforms immediately.

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Legislature Shouldn’t Break Without Passing Pro-Democracy Agenda

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Legislature Shouldn’t Break Without Passing Pro-Democracy Agenda

Before legislators head off for summer break, Common Cause Michigan is encouraging lawmakers to see the full pro-democracy agenda passed and heading to the governor’s desk.

Shannon Abbott
Shannon Abbott, a white woman with straight mid-length dark brown hair.

Shannon Abbott

Outreach & Engagement Manager

Common Cause Michigan

Quentin Turner
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Quentin Turner

Executive Director

Common Cause Michigan

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