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FL S0824
Bill
AI Summary
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Enacts the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" into Florida law, allowing Florida to join an interstate compact with other states adopting this agreement.
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Requires member states to conduct statewide popular elections for President and Vice President, with presidential electors appointed based on the national popular vote winner rather than state-by-state results.
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Agreement takes effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of electoral votes (270 votes) have enacted it in substantially the same form.
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Allows member states to withdraw from the agreement at any time, except withdrawals within 6 months of a President's term end become effective only after the next President or Vice President is qualified.
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Terminates the agreement if the Electoral College is abolished, and requires state governors to notify other states when the agreement is enacted, takes effect, or when a state withdraws.
Legislative Description
Presidential Elections [GPSC]
Last Action
Died in Committee on Ethics and Elections
4/30/2010