Voters deserve National Popular Vote

MADISON, Wis. — Today, Senators Kelda Roys (D-Madison) and Bob Wirch (D-Kenosha) and Representative Jimmy Anderson (D-Fitchburg) introduced the National Popular Vote bill, which ensures that the presidential candidate who receives the most votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia becomes President. 

Under this bill, Wisconsin would join 15 states and Washington D.C. in the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement among states to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. The compact only takes effect once states that total 270 electoral votes pass the Compact. Currently, Compact members have 195 electoral votes; Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes. 

Simply put, this bill ensures that the presidential election is like every other election in America – the person who gets the most votes wins. 

Every voter deserves to have an equal voice in electing our president. Every vote should matter and every vote should count equally. Right now, This bill would ensure every voter in every state is politically relevant in every presidential election. 

Senator Roys, who initially introduced this bill as an Assembly Representative in 2009, said “Every voter, in every state, should matter in every presidential election. The National Popular Vote bill will make every vote equal, and ensure that the candidate who earns the most votes wins. In non-landslide presidential elections, one out of every seven has been a ‘wrong winner’ — where the losing candidate becomes president. American voters deserve better.”