By Selwyn Duke

New Jersey Governor John Corzine has just signed a bill that would deliver his state’s electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote in presidential elections, even if the majority of the Garden State’s voters choose another candidate.  This makes NJ the second state to adopt such a measure; Maryland was the first.

This initiative is an interstate “compact” and will only take effect if
enough states to constitute a majority of the nation’s total electoral
votes (270 out of 538) adopt the measure.  This is part of an effort to
transition completely to a popular-vote system and is currently being
considered in several other states as well.

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