Every four years, Nevada electors cast our state's six electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in Nevada.

But

aims to change that by tying those electoral votes to the candidate who wins the popular vote nationwide.

“This is not in Article II of the Constitution. This has been legislated state-by-state. And it has never been tested in the courts," says Fred Lokken, Political Science Professor at Truckee Meadows Community College.

Lokken says the move comes out of frustration with the Electoral College--which ultimately determines the President of the United States, but which has at times not reflected the popular vote.

The fifth and most recent incident was in 2016, when Donald Trump won the Electoral College, and Hillary Clinton won the popular vote.

A nationwide campaign called the National Popular Vote aims to capture states and convince their legislatures and governors to hand their electors over to the popular vote nationwide.

In Nevada, AB186 is in the Legislative Operations and Elections Committee with a recommendation to pass.

The most recent state to make the move: Colorado.

“It will mean that future presidents are elected by popular vote, and not by a minority of electors,” says Dave Webster, a Colorado attorney.

13 states with a total of 181 have already signed on to "National Popular Vote."

The group hopes to cobble enough states to make up 270 votes, which would take up a majority of the 538 electoral votes to elect a U.S. President.

89 more votes are needed.

Currently 23 states are deciding what they want to do; that includes Nevada.

Abolishing the Electoral College would require a Constitutional Amendment. That means a two-thirds majority in both the U.S. House and Senate, followed by three quarters of states to vote in the affirmative. It’s a process that could take decades.