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The National Popular Vote bill will take effect when enacted into law by states possessing 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 electoral votes). It has been enacted into law in 16 jurisdictions possessing 196 electoral votes, including 4 small states (DE, HI, RI, VT), 8 medium-sized states (CO, CT, MD, MA, NJ, NM, OR, WA), 3 big states (CA, IL, NY), and the District of Columbia.
The bill will take effect when enacted by states possessing an additional 74 electoral votes.
The National Popular Vote bill has now passed a total of 41 state legislative chambers in 24 states. It has also passed at least one legislative chamber in 9 states possessing 88 electoral votes (AR, AZ, ME, MI, MN, NC, NV, OK, VA). It has been unanimously approved at the committee level in 2 states possessing 27 more electoral votes (GA, MO). The National Popular Vote bill has been introduced in various years in all 50 states.
On the map below, each square represents one electoral vote (out of 538).
Arkansas - Passed House in 2007 and 2009
Arizona - Passed House in 2016
California - Enacted into law
Colorado - Enacted into law, but subject to statewide vote in November 2020
Connecticut - Enacted into law
District of Columbia - Enacted into law
Delaware - Enacted into law
Georgia - Unanimously approved by House committee in 2016
Hawaii - Enacted into law
Illinois - Enacted into law
Massachusetts - Enacted into law
Maryland - Enacted into law
Maine - Passed Maine in 2008 and 2019
Michigan - Passed House in 2008
Minnesota - Passed House in 2019
Missouri - Unanimously approved by House committee in 2016
North Carolina - Passed Senate in 2007
New Jersey - Enacted into law
New Mexico - Enacted into law
Nevada - Passed Assembly in 2009, and passed the Assembly and Senate in 2019, but vetoed
New York - Enacted into law
Oklahoma - Passed Senate in 2015
Oregon - Enacted into law
Rhode Island - Enacted into law
Virginia - Passed House in February 2020
Vermont - Enacted into law
Washington - Enacted into law