Colorado voters have approved a resolution to assign the state's Electoral College votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
Just over 52% of voters endorsed the resolution as of the Wednesday evening vote tally. It will only go into effect if states representing at least 270 Electoral College votes also adopt the legislation, according to The New York Times.
The measure, called Proposition 113, confirms a 2019 decision by Colorado's lawmakers to go ahead with the plan, The Denver Post said. Fourteen other states and Washington, D..C. have approved the initiative. They account for a total of 196 electoral votes.
"The national popular vote is a very straightforward concept," state Sen. Michael Foote told the Post. "One person should always equal one vote, and the presidential candidate who gets the most votes should win the election."
But Frank McNulty, a Republican and former state House speaker who served as an adviser to an anti-Prop 113 group, said he was troubled by the close margin.
"They were tricked by California billionaires, who spent millions of dollars to buy our votes for president," he said. "Colorado's votes should be decided by Coloradans. This is going to reduce Colorado's clout, and it's going to reduce our influence on issues like transportation, water, healthcare, and funding for our military bases."
Fox News noted that the effort began to gain support after Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump despite having won the national popular vote.
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