The compact goes into effect when states representing a majority of electoral votes – 270 of 538 – pass the legislation and thus would determine the winner of the presidential contest.

Virginia became the latest state to join an effort to ditch the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote.

Virginia will join an interstate compact aimed at awarding the presidency to the winner of the national popular vote after ...

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger has signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law, moving the country toward ...