The liberal dream of circumventing the Electoral College might be crumbling faster than anyone expected. Maine, one of the 17 states that joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, is now poised to become the first state to exit the agreement—and it’s sending shockwaves through the left-wing coalition that thought they’d found a clever workaround to the Constitution.
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Just last year, Maine opted to join the compact, which would award all participating states’ electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote.
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But now the state is having serious second thoughts.
The Maine House passed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to withdraw from the compact, and it’s headed to the state Senate.
Let’s be honest—this reversal is no coincidence. The National Popular Vote compact has
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