Colorado joins effort to elect presidents by popular vote, go around Electoral College

Colorado joins effort to elect presidents by popular vote, go around Electoral College-rollcall: Colorado has become the latest state, and the first swing state, to join a group pledging to elect presidents based on who wins the national popular vote. Eleven other states and the District of Columbia have signed onto the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement that requires those states to select their presidential electors based on who wins the most individual votes nationwide, regardless of which candidate wins in the state.