09RS House Bill 170

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Last Action	returned to Rules
Title	AN ACT relating to presidential elections.
Bill Documents	Bill
Bill Request Number	26
Sponsors	R. Palumbo, L. Belcher, M. Henley, C. Hoffman, J. Jenkins, J. Lee, M. Marzian, D. Owens, D. Pasley, J. Richards, D. Sims, S. Westrom
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; create Article I to allow any state and D.C. to be a member of the agreement; create Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for election of President and Vice President; create Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; create Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; create Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.
Index Headings of Original Version	Elections and Voting - Presidential election by national popular vote, compact for Interstate Cooperation - Presidential election by national popular vote, compact for Secretary of State - Presidential election by national popular vote, compact for Uniform Laws - Presidential election by national popular vote, compact for United States - Presidential election by national popular vote, compact for

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01/09/09	introduced in House
02/03/09	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
02/04/09	posted in committee
02/24/09	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
02/25/09	2nd reading, to Rules
03/03/09	posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 4, 2009
03/11/09	returned to Rules