
<p>Since Maine has turned blue on the political map of the country, it is following in the footsteps of many other Democrat states that want to get rid of the Electoral College in favor of the so-called popular vote.</p>



<p><em>The Epoch Times</em> reported over the weekend that Maine’s state legislature approved the Democrat-backed bill by a thin majority, voting mostly along party lines – Democrats voting for and Republicans against the bill – that would award the state’s four electoral college votes to the winner of national popular vote. With both the State’s House and Senate having passed the bill, it is now on the desk of Maine’s Democrat Governor Janet Mills to sign into law. The paper notes that the Governor has 10 days to “sign, veto, or allow the bill to become law without her signature.”</p>



<p>Currently, 15 Democrat states and D.C. have already adopted the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact; thus Maine will become the 17th member of this anti-electoral college coalition.</p>



<p>Democrats, for years, have advocated for dumping the Electoral College system of voting in favor of popular national vote. Their advocacy against the Electoral College was rekindled in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 to Donald Trump as Clinton was declared the winner of the popular vote, which the constitution does not recognize as the legitimate course to presidency.</p>



<p>In 2019, Democrat Senator from MA Elizabeth Warren called for abolishing the Electoral College and argued that it would make sure that every vote counts. Leftist media has also been trying to influence public opinion against the Electoral College and as recently as January of this year, <em>The Independent</em> called it a “bad, undemocratic, 235-year-old”system.</p>



<p>With Maine moving toward the popular vote system for presidential victory, Robert Reich, liberal Professor at Berkley and former Secretary of Labor during Bill Clinton’s first presidential term, was seen in a Twitter/X video advocating presidency by popular vote and urging Maine to “Do it!”</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you don&#39;t live in a ";swing state,"; your vote counts less. But we can reform the Electoral College &; fix that. <br><br>Since we made this video, Minnesota joined the Nat&#39;l Popular Vote compact. Maine&#39;s next if Gov. Mills signs the bill the legislature passed.<br><br>Do it, Maine! <a href="https://t.co/qqVq1dN4nt">pic.twitter.com/qqVq1dN4nt</a></p>&mdash; Robert Reich (@RBReich) <a href="https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1777419934840107120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>What Reich did not mention is voter fraud that conservatives have long complained about in presidential as well as midterm elections, particularly in blue states and blue counties in red states. In Democrat-run states, like California, Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and others, voters are not required to present an ID and literally anyone including illegal aliens and visitors can easily cast a ballot and get away with it. The claims of voter fraud are either ignored or a probe controlled by state authorities rushes to dismiss them.</p>



<p>Maine’s State Senator Eric Brakey, a Republican, appeared on Fox News to comment on the state’s move to abandon electoral vote and said that it would be terrible for Maine.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This morning, I joined <a href="https://twitter.com/WGME?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WGME</a>, Fox 23 Maine, to discuss why the National Popular Vote would be a bad deal for Maine.<br><br>";It would be terrible for Maine,"; Senator Brakey said.<br><br>";The Electoral College was designed so small states, like Maine, would have a say in the election of… <a href="https://t.co/za2JLTZkjq">pic.twitter.com/za2JLTZkjq</a></p>&mdash; Sen. Eric Brakey ð²ð¦ (@SenatorBrakey) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorBrakey/status/1777474258710438394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2024</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Maine Passes Bill to Abandon Electoral College
