Colorado puts popular vote system on November ballot

DENVER (AP) -- Colorado voters have a chance this November to repeal a law that would commit the state’s presidential electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote.

Proposition 113 marks the first time a state that has joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact will have the move challenged at the ballot box. 

Gov. Jared Polis signed the Democrat-sponsored legislation into law in March 2020. Republicans then launched a campaign to get a repeal initiative on the ballot.

The compact would take effect if states with a collective 270 electoral votes - the number needed to win the presidency - agree to join.