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CT HB06213

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/28/2013

Primary Sponsor

James Albis

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Enacts the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" into Connecticut law, allowing Connecticut to join an interstate compact replacing the electoral college with a national popular vote system.

  • Requires each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President, with the chief election official calculating a national popular vote total across all member states.

  • Directs member states to appoint presidential electors associated with the presidential slate that wins the national popular vote total, rather than the slate winning votes in that individual state.

  • Takes effect only when states cumulatively possessing a majority of electoral votes (270 votes) have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form.

  • Allows member states to withdraw from the agreement at any time, except withdrawals cannot take effect within six months of the end of a President's term, and the agreement terminates if the electoral college is abolished.

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning An Agreement Among The States To Elect The President Of The United States By National Popular Vote.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Government Administration and Elections

1/28/2013

Committee Referrals

Government Administration and Elections1/28/2013

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