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HOUSE BILL NO. 6213
A bill to enter into the agreement among the states to elect
the President by national popular vote; and for related purposes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. This act may be cited as the "agreement among the 1
states to elect the President by national popular vote". 2
Sec. 2. It is the public policy of this state that the one-3
person, one-vote principle requires that the candidate who receives 4
the most votes nationwide should become President. 5
Sec. 3. The agreement among the states to elect the President 6
by national popular vote is enacted into law and entered into with 7
July 03, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Rheingans, Byrnes, Wooden, Koleszar, Foreman, Skaggs,
Price, Martus, McKinney, B. Carter, Tsernoglou, MacDonell, Andrews, Steckloff, Conlin,
Grant, Dievendorf, Pohutsky, Morgan, Longjohn, Weiss, Young, McFall, Farhat, Wil son,
Arbit, Scott, T. Carter, Brixie, Hope, Breen, Neeley, Wegela, Myers-Phillips, O'Neal, Mentzer,
Glanville, Edwards, Xiong, Hoskins, Puri and Coffia and referred to Committee on
Government Operations.
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all jurisdictions legally joining in the agreement, in the form 1
substantially as follows: 2
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President 3
by National Popular Vote 4
ARTICLE I – MEMBERSHIP 5
Any State of the United States and the District of Columbia 6
may become a member of this agreement by enacting this agreement. 7
ARTICLE II - RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE IN MEMBER STATES TO VOTE FOR 8
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 9
Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election 10
for President and Vice President of the United States. 11
ARTICLE III - MANNER OF APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS IN MEMBER 12
STATES 13
Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by the 14
presidential electors, the chief election official of each member 15
state shall determine the number of votes for each presidential 16
slate in each State of the United States and in the District of 17
Columbia in which votes have been cast in a statewide popular 18
election and shall add such votes together to produce a "national 19
popular vote total" for each presidential slate. 20
The chief election official of each member state shall 21
designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular 22
vote total as the "national popular vote winner." 23
The presidential elector certifying official of each member 24
state shall certify the appointment in that official's own state of 25
the elector slate nominated in that state in association with the 26
national popular vote winner. 27
At least six days before the day fixed by law for the meeting 28
and voting by the presidential electors, each member state shall 29
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make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast in 1
the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate an 2
official statement of such determination within 24 hours to the 3
chief election official of each other member state. 4
The chief election official of each member state shall treat 5
as conclusive an official statement containing the number of 6
popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the 7
day established by federal law for making a state's final 8
determination conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes by 9
Congress. 10
In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the 11
presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall 12
certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in 13
association with the presidential slate receiving the largest 14
number of popular votes within that official's own state. 15
If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors 16
nominated in a member state in association with the national 17
popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's 18
number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the 19
presidential slate that has been designated as the national popular 20
vote winner shall have the power to nominate the presidential 21
electors for that state and that state's presidential elector 22
certifying official shall certify the appointment of such nominees. 23
The chief election official of each member state shall 24
immediately release to the public all vote counts or statements of 25
votes as they are determined or obtained. 26
This article shall govern the appointment of presidential 27
electors in each member state in any year in which this agreement 28
is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a 29
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majority of the electoral votes. 1
ARTICLE IV - OTHER PROVISIONS 2
This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively 3
possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this 4
agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by such 5
states have taken effect in each state. 6
Any member state may withdraw from this agreement, except that 7
a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of a 8
President's term shall not become effective until a President or 9
Vice President shall have been qualified to serve the next term. 10
The chief executive of each member state shall promptly notify 11
the chief executive of all other states of when this agreement has 12
been enacted and has taken effect in that official's state, when 13
the state has withdrawn from this agreement, and when this 14
agreement takes effect generally. 15
This agreement shall terminate if the electoral college is 16
abolished. 17
If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the 18
remaining provisions shall not be affected. 19
ARTICLE V - DEFINITIONS 20
For purposes of this agreement, 21
"chief executive" shall mean the Governor of a State of the 22
United States or the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 23
"elector slate" shall mean a slate of candidates who have been 24
nominated in a state for the position of presidential elector in 25
association with a presidential slate; 26
"chief election official" shall mean the state official or 27
body that is authorized to certify the total number of popular 28
votes for each presidential slate; 29
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"presidential elector" shall mean an elector for President and 1
Vice President of the United States; 2
"presidential elector certifying official" shall mean the 3
state official or body that is authorized to certify the 4
appointment of the state's presidential electors; 5
"presidential slate" shall mean a slate of two persons, the 6
first of whom has been nominated as a candidate for President of 7
the United States and the second of whom has been nominated as a 8
candidate for Vice President of the United States, or any legal 9
successors to such persons, regardless of whether both names appear 10
on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular state; 11
"state" shall mean a State of the United States and the 12
District of Columbia; and 13
"statewide popular election" shall mean a general election in 14
which votes are cast for presidential slates by individual voters 15
and counted on a statewide basis. 16
Sec. 4. When the agreement among the states to elect the 17
President by national popular vote governs the appointment of 18
presidential electors, the provisions of the agreement take 19
precedence over any conflicting law of this state. 20
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the 21
date it is enacted into law. 22