NEWS RELEASE
Rep. Mike Freiberg
Minnesota House of Representatives
District 43B – 651-296-4176 – rep.mike.freiberg@house.mn.gov
381 State Office Building, St. Paul, MN 55155
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Marlee Schlegel
651-296-9873 or marlee.schlegel@house.mn.gov
February 1, 2023
Bill to join interstate compact to elect the President of the United States by the national popular vote passes committee hearing
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - Today, the Elections Finance and Policy committee passed HF 642, a bill that would add Minnesota to an interstate compact to elect the President of the United States by the national popular vote. The bill is chief authored by Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL – Golden Valley).
Under the proposed compact, each member state would allocate its electoral votes to the winner of the nationwide popular vote for president. Currently 16 states, currently totaling 195 electoral votes, have enacted the compact. The bill would take effect in practice once enough states to total 270 electoral votes pass a similar measure.
“The function of the electoral college does not accurately represent the will of the citizens of the United States,” said Rep. Freiberg, who is also the chair of the Elections Finance and Policy committee. “No one’s individual vote should matter more than anyone else’s, and by joining this compact, we will take a big step to ensure fairness in our Presidential elections.”
The bill has been recommended to be placed on the general register.
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