By Daniel Lishansky, NPV Committee Chair
Do you know what determines how many electoral votes each state receives?
A state’s electoral votes are equal to the number of members in the state’s congressional delegation, i.e., the total of their House members and Senators. And the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1961, says that the District of Columbia gets three votes. There are a total of 538 electoral votes in the United States.
Once the National Popular Vote is enacted, the states who opt-in (with a combined total of 270 electoral votes) will cast their electoral votes for the candidate who receives the most popular votes across the country. It means that every vote will count equally and no longer will just a handful of swing states choose our president.
If you are interested in a presentation for your community or business group, please contact me, Danny Lishansky, at npv@lwvpbc.org.
