Popular Vote Effort Dropped In Ohio

“Barely a week after launching an effort to award Ohio’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes nationally, supporters abandoned the quest for this year,” the Columbus Dispatch reports.

Before the withdrawal, Gov. Mike DeWine (R) told reporters, “Well, I’m against that, I think that’s a stupid idea, frankly. Why would Ohio voters give up their right to make decisions about who the next president of the United States is?”