Reno Gazette-Journal

The Electoral College did it to us again. More people voted for Clinton but Trump won the election. It happened in 2000 when Gore outpolled Bush.

This happens because the candidate with the most votes in a state receives all of that state’s electoral votes. A candidate can win a state by a million votes, but get no more than that state’s allotted electors. A candidate barely winning a state gets all the electoral votes.

Fortunately, a remedy exists. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among states to award all their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won the popular vote in the entire election. Ten states and the District of Columbia have joined the NPVIC. If more joined, democracy would be served.

America is a democracy but ours is not the best if the will of the people can be circumvented. Tell your state legislators that Nevada must join the NPVIC.

Wanda Dingwall, Sparks