National Popular Vote sponsor eyeing house vote before summer break

The lead sponsor of legislation that would add Michigan to the coalition of states vowing to award their electoral college votes to the presidential candidates who win the national popular vote said she's "pretty sure" her bill will get a House vote before the summer recess. Rep. Carrie A. Rheingans (D-Ann Arbor) said getting National Popular Vote (NPV) through the House by July 4 is her No. 1 priority. A Democratic Party priority, NPV builds on a foundation of the country's democracy -- one person, one vote, she said. "We could do this via a ballot initiative, or we can do this

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