Bill > HB997

This bill establishes the "National Popular Vote Act" in Missouri. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Missouri ratifies and approves the "Interstate Compact on the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote Act," which allows member states to conduct statewide popular elections for President and Vice President, and then designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular vote total as the "national popular vote winner." 2. The chief election official of each member state will determine the number of votes for each presidential slate in the state and add those votes together to produce a "national popular vote total" for each presidential slate. 3. The presidential elector certifying official of each member state will then certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in association with the national popular vote winner. 4. The agreement will take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted it, and a member state can withdraw from the agreement, except that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of a President's term will not become effective until a new President or Vice President has been qualified.