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Jamie Raskin: “I introduced the first national popular vote legislation when I was a state senator in Maryland, and I've been fighting…”

On the recordDecember 10, 2020
I introduced the first national popular vote legislation when I was a state senator in Maryland, and I've been fighting for the national popular vote interstate compact, and it's a way to get beyond the Electoral College with all of its defects and all of its vulnerabilities.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin discusses his advocacy for national popular vote legislation as a solution to electoral issues.

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