Some in Michigan push to be latest state to join Popular Vote Compact, reject Electoral College
Fox News
Michigan has experienced being a battleground and non-battleground in the same election cycle, recalled former state Republican Party Chairman Saul Anuzis, referring to when 2008 GOP nominee John McCain closed shop there to devote resources in states where he was more competitive.
That’s what Anuzis said drew him to the campaign for the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. States in the compact commit their electors to the national vote winner, regardless of who carries the state. Since 2006, the compact has gained 15 states and the District of Columbia, with 195 electoral votes so far. However, that commitment won’t kick in until the compact has enough states for the needed 270 electoral votes to win.
Anuzis and former Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer launched the "Yes on National Popular Vote" ballot initiative last week to add Michigan’s 15 electoral votes to the compact. The initiative has to collect 340,047 Michigan voter signatures in 180 days to appear on the 2022 ballot.