Minnesota Joins National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

On May 24, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed into law a bill that provides for Minnesota to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. The provision was included in HF1830, the State Government and Elections Omnibus bill. With the governor’s signature, National Popular Vote is now law in states with 205 electoral votes, only 65 electoral votes shy of implementation.

Once states containing a majority of the nation’s electoral votes have joined the Compact, it will go into effect and will guarantee the U.S. presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Minnesota is the 17th jurisdiction to pass the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Those states represent 205 of the 270 electoral votes required for the Compact to take effect.

Read more about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and its progress towards implementation here.