Nevada governor-elect floats joining popular vote compact because Electoral College has ‘racist underpinnings’
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Nevada Gov.-elect Aaron Ford said he supports abolishing the Electoral College, arguing the institution has racist origins and has repeatedly allowed presidential candidates to win without the national popular vote. Ford, a Democrat who defeated Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) in the Nov. 3 election, said he initially had reservations about the National Popular Vote Interstate
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Nevada governor-elect floats joining popular vote compact because Electoral College has ‘racist underpinnings’
Nevada Gov.-elect Aaron Ford said he supports abolishing the Electoral College, arguing the institution has racist origins and has repeatedly allowed presidential candidates to win without the national popular vote. Ford, a Democrat who defeated Gov. Joe Lombardo (R-NV) in...
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Nevada Gov.-elect Ford: I Support Undoing Electoral College, It's 'Based in Racist Underpinnings'
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Last Word,” Nevada Gov.-elect Aaron Ford (D) said that he would sign legislation to undercut the “based in racist underpinnings” Electoral College by pledging the state’s votes to the winner of the popular vote. Guest host Jonathan...
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