Maine Senate Rejects Effort to Pull Out of Compact to Choose Presidents Based on National Popular Vote

Effort to pull Maine out of national popular vote compact fails

People emerge from the Besse Building after casting their ballots in Albion, Maine on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Photo by Michael G. Seamans/ Maine Morning Star)After the chambers of the Maine Legislature failed to agree, an effort to remove the state from a compact that seeks to abolish the Electoral College failed on Tuesday.  In 2024, the Legislature adopted something called the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which Gov. Janet Mill…

Maine Senate rejects effort to pull out of compact to choose presidents based on national popular vote

The Senate voted 18-16 against having Maine leave the multistate compact it joined last year pledging to give all of its electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote nationwide if the agreement is enacted.

Maine Senate defeats effort to pull state out of national popular vote compact

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Senate on Monday defeated a proposal to remove the state from a national popular vote compact that seeks to nullify the Electoral College. The Senate’s 18-16 vote to defeat the bill from Rep. Barbara Bagshaw, R-Windham, came several weeks after the Maine House of Representatives passed the measure in May thanks to three Democrats joining with Republicans to back it. The Senate moved straight to a roll call Monday rathe…