On June 13, the Rhode Island legislature passed SB 346/HB 5575, the National Popular Vote Plan bill. The plan had actually passed in the last session, but the Governor had vetoed it. Rhode Island’s current Governor, Lincoln Chafee, says he supports the Plan.
Assuming it is signed into law in Rhode Island, the plan will have passed in ten jurisdictions. The others are California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Vermont, and Washington.
It looks as if every state that has passed this plan are pretty solidly Democratic. I wonder why they think it benefits them?
Perhaps because the states which have passed voter ID laws and have restricted early voting have been pretty solidly Republican?
Or, just maybe…Ohio, 2004.