Jeff Merkley actually said...

If enough states say, by law, that they will award their electoral votes to the individual getting the most popular votes nationally, suddenly, we have a national popular vote system. And that effort is well underway.

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Merkley explains the potential for a national popular vote system through state laws.

12/08/2020

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