New Nevada Governor Pushes to Scrap Electoral College

“Nevada’s incoming Democratic governor wants to negate the Electoral College,” the New Republic reports.

“Aaron Ford said Wednesday that he thinks the state should join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement where member states give their electoral votes in every presidential election to whoever wins the national popular vote.”

Said Ford: “I didn’t initially support it frankly because I hadn’t done enough research on it, but I have researched it and, looking at the Electoral College, understanding the, frankly, racist underpinnings of it in the first place leads me to believe that we need to get rid of it.”