Maine May Pull Out of Compact to Choose Presidents Based on National Popular Vote

Maine might reverse effort to scrap Electoral College as Democrats break with party

Maine House advances bill to exit National Popular Vote Compact, challenging Electoral College reform with mixed party support.

Maine may pull out of compact to choose presidents based on national popular vote

The House voted to withdraw from a multi-state compact to eventually award Electoral College votes to winners of the presidential popular vote, and the Senate tabled the bill Wednesday.

After joining movement to elect president by popular vote, Maine poised to undo decision • Maine Morning Star

A voter walks by a ballot box outside Portland City Hall on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo by Lauren McCauley/ Maine Morning Star)The Maine Legislature is poised to undo a decision it made last year to join a pact that presents an eventual path to do away with the Electoral College.  The Maine House of Representatives passed legislation, LD 252, on Tuesday that would repeal the decision, but did so after some Democratic members first attempt…

Maine House Votes to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

The Maine House of Representatives has voted to withdraw from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement into which Maine entered during the previous legislative session. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among the states that could bring about sweeping changes to how the President of the United States is elected. [...] The post Maine House Votes to Withdraw from the National Popular Vote Interstate Com…

Maine House approves Republican effort to pull out of popular vote compact

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House of Representatives approved Tuesday a Republican bill that had some Democratic support to remove the state from an interstate compact seeking to elect presidents by a national popular vote instead of through the Electoral College. The House advanced the bill from Rep. Barbara Bagshaw, R-Windham, after a motion to defeat it failed in a 76-71 vote. It faces further votes in the Senate before coming back to the lowe…