Manipulating the Electoral College

A bill is circulating in draft form that would revise the way we elect the President in Arkansas. This proposal, which is apparently floating around several state capitols around the country, would establish an agreement among the joining states to elect the President by national popular vote.

It doesn't propose to change the U.S. Constitution -- it is merely hopeful that enough states would join the agreement to pool 270 electoral votes. Each member state would agree to cast its electoral votes with the candidate who receives the most number of votes nationwide. If signed into law, this agreement would be codified in the Election Code.