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IN SB0372
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mark Stoops
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AI Summary
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Enacts and enters Indiana into the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote," effective July 1, 2017
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Suspends Indiana's practice of awarding electoral votes to the winner of the state's popular vote if the national popular vote agreement becomes effective in states cumulatively possessing a majority of electoral votes
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Requires Indiana's presidential electors to be appointed based on the national popular vote winner (rather than Indiana's popular vote winner) when the agreement takes effect
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Agreement becomes effective when states with a combined majority of electoral votes enact it in substantially the same form, and allows member states to withdraw except within 6 months of a presidential term's end
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Permits the presidential candidate designated as the national popular vote winner to nominate electors if the number of nominated electors in Indiana differs from the state's electoral vote count
Legislative Description
Indiana's electoral vote. Provides that allocation of Indiana's electoral votes to the candidate for President of the United States to the winner of the Indiana popular vote does not apply if the "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote" (agreement) becomes effective. Provides for allocation of Indiana's electoral votes to the national popular vote winner if the agreement becomes effective. Enacts and enters into the agreement.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
1/10/2017