"We need a President accountable to the entire country, not an increasingly smaller club of battleground states."
Americans have consistently and overwhelming supported a national popular vote for President over the current system. In theory, candidates must to compete in 51 separate contests to win election. But in practice, presidential campaigns focus on a smaller and smaller set of "battleground states" --that is, states where the vote could go either way.
Maryland joins 2/3 of the country in being a "spectator state." Time after time, Maryland's voters and Maryland's interests are completely ignored. In 2004, there were zero visits by a presidential or vice-presidential candidate to our state, organizing and engagement through advertising were at anemic levels. In short, the campaign skipped Maryland.
FairVote MD backs the National Popular Vote plan, which seeks to change the way we elect the president by pursuing action in state legislatures, and taking advantage of the Constitutionally-protected right of state to change how their allocate their electoral votes. Let's make Maryland count in this, the most important election we vote in!
