Incoming Nevada Governor Says the Electoral College Was Created With Racist Underpinnings, Calls for State to Join Popular Vote Compact

Nevada Governor-elect Aaron Ford is giving insight into his plans for when he takes office, including a push for Nevada to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

The NPVIC is a plan progressives have promoted for years to give every voter an equal say in presidential elections.

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Ford said he has changed his position on the issue and wants Nevada to join the compact. Nevada would be the third swing state to do so along with Virginia and Maine.

“I didn’t initially support it frankly because I hadn’t done enough research on it, but I have researched it and looking at the electoral college, understanding the, frankly, racist underpinnings of it in the first place leads me to believe that we need to get rid of it,” Ford declared. “Not only for that reason but because we’ve seen several times now the person who wins the popular vote not win because of the electoral college,” he added.

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