SF720

This legislative bill, SF No 720, aims to change how Minnesota participates in the election of the President of the United States. Specifically, the bill seeks to withdraw Minnesota from the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote. This agreement is a pact between participating states to choose their presidential electors based on which candidate wins the national popular vote, rather than the popular vote within their state alone.

By withdrawing from this agreement, Minnesota will no longer pledge its electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote overall. Instead, Minnesota’s electoral votes would be allocated based on the outcome of the vote within Minnesota itself. The bill also involves amending certain state statutes related to the process and repealing the sections that adopted the national popular vote agreement into state law. Also, the governor of Minnesota would notify other states’ executives about this withdrawal.

Essentially, this bill is about switching back to a system where Minnesota’s votes in the Electoral College are reflective of the state’s own voting result rather than the national voting outcome.