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Senate committee backs resolution opposing national popular-vote compact, citing protection for small states
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee voted unanimously to support a resolution denouncing the national popular vote interstate compact and to invite like-minded states to an opposition compact; sponsor warned the compact could compel a state to direct electors contrary to the state's popular vote.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee voted unanimously to support a concurrent resolution denouncing the national popular-vote interstate compact and urging other states to form an opposing compact.
Senator Jonathan Sickler (District 17), the resolution sponsor, told the committee that the interstate compact would require member states to direct their presidential electors to the national popular…
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