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Voters passed Prop. 113 for national popular vote, so what happens with Colorado’s electoral votes?
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Voters passed Prop. 113 for national popular vote, so what happens with Colorado’s electoral votes?

By  Spencer Kristensen | Fox 31 News Several days have passed since Election Day and former President Donald Trump is president-elect for the second time in his political career. To achieve the president-elect status, a candidate must obtain 270 votes from the Electoral College. Trump secured the 270 electoral votes across the nation but one state he did not receive electoral votes from was Colorado. Vice President Kamala Harris received Colorado’s 10 electoral votes. READ THE FULL STORY AT FOX 31 NEWS
Tim Walz calls for elimination of Electoral College at California fundraiser, says ‘it needs to go’
Fox News, National

Tim Walz calls for elimination of Electoral College at California fundraiser, says ‘it needs to go’

By Louis Casiano  | Fox News Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday called for the elimination of the Electoral College during a fundraiser in California, a move some Democrats have advocated for in the past after election defeats.  Walz was in California Gov. Gavin Newsom's private home in Sacramento when he remarked about the process by which U.S. presidents are elected.   "I think all of us know the Electoral College needs to go," he said, according to a pool report at the event, Bloomberg reported. "We need a national popular vote, but that's not the world we live in." In 2023, the Minnesota governor signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement in which each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote fo...