Democrats in the Michigan State House’s have paused their attempt to ram through “National Popular Vote” legislation, which would likely undercut Michigan voters’ ability to have any say in national elections, according to an Association of Mature American Citizens news release.

House Bill 4156 and House Bill 4440, the two bills that would secure Michigan’s commitment to NPV, were sponsored by several Democrats, and would add Michigan to the National Popular Vote Compact – a coalition of left-wing states committed to undercutting the institutions of our nation’s founders.

Fortunately for Michiganders, the bill’s advancement appears to have been slowed down. Just the News reported that the two bills have been tabled, at least for the week.

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Rep. Rachelle Smit, a Republican in the state house, noted that the legislation “has been pulled from [the] agenda for this week,” though she added that she is “not certain it won’t pop back up.”

The danger has not passed as the lame-duck session still has more than a month remaining. According to AMAC, a maneuver such as joining the NPV Compact would override Michigan’s interests, forcing the state to abide by the political fashions dominant in large coastal cities like Los Angeles and New York.

By tying its 15 electoral college votes to the national popular vote winner, and not the popular vote winner in the state itself, Michigan, which has an approximate population of 10 million, would be effectively dominated by cities like Los Angeles, with its approximately 19 million residents.

As a result, statehood would mean very little in any nationwide electoral race, such as the presidential election.

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“NPV supporters would have 210 of the 270 electoral votes necessary to adopt this new method of electing a president and bypass the U.S. Constitution’s amendment process,” according to MichiganVotes. “The compact requires all states to cast their electoral votes for the same candidate, but does not require federal elections to be conducted according to the same procedures or ballot security standards. This shifts the power in presidential elections to large states and jurisdictions capable of stuffing the most votes into the ballot box, regardless whether those votes are validly cast or not. The NPV compact also creates chaos in the event of a close or disputed national election – a nationwide recount is practically impossible – and is incompatible with ranked-choice voting models. Rather than reducing voter confidence in election results via the NPV compact, Michigan’s electoral votes should continue to be awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes from Michigan residents.”

In effect, the passage of NPV legislation would strip Michiganders of their unique votes as Michiganders, lining them up to vote against or with people from across the country.

“Our legislators should not be making this monumental decision without Michigan voters having a say,” the news release notes.