While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- In the Electoral College system that determines the outcome of US presidential elections, the winner of Delaware’s popular vote receives all 3 of Delaware’s electoral votes.
- A 2001 article written by law professors Akhil and Vikram Amar proposed that states could instead agree to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
- The Amars’ idea is the basis of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC).
- If states holding a majority of electoral college votes (270) adopt the NPVIC, the compact will take effect and adopters will award their electoral votes accordingly.
- Delaware adopted the NPVIC in 2019.