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Introduced Session

Presidential electors; National Popular Vote Compact. Enters Virginia into an interstate compact known as the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. Article II of the Constitution of the United States gives the states exclusive and plenary authority to decide the manner of awarding their electoral votes. Under the compact, Virginia agrees to award its electoral votes to the presidential ticket that receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The compact goes into effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes have joined the compact. A state may withdraw from the compact; however, a withdrawal occurring within six months of the end of a President's term shall not become effective until a President or Vice President has qualified to serve the next term. The bill also provides for the manner of appointing electors when such agreement does and does not govern the appointment of electors.

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Marcia Price (D)*,  Lashrecse Aird (D),  Jessica Anderson (D),  Bonita Anthony (D),  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Jennifer Boysko (D),  Kacey Carnegie (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Jennifer Carroll Foy (D),  Nadarius Clark (D),  Joshua Cole (D),  Nicole Cole (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Karrie Delaney (D),  Barbara Favola (D),  Michael Feggans (D),  Debra Gardner (D),  Jackie Glass (D),  Elizabeth Guzmán (D),  Dan Helmer (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Destiny LeVere Bolling (D),  Mamie Locke (D),  Michelle Lopes-Maldonado (D),  Dave Marsden (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Adele McClure (D),  May Nivar (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  Saddam Salim (D),  Charlie Schmidt (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Shelly Simonds (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Kathy Tran (D),  Jeion Ward (D),  Vivian Watts (D),  Rodney Willett (D),  Angelia Williams Graves (D), 

Passed by for the day (on 02/27/2026)

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