Nevada's Governor-elect Aaron Ford said earlier this week that
he had changed his mind on joining an effort to change how the Electoral College works in presidential elections.
Speaking to local outlet KOLO 8, Ford, a Democrat, said
he had not initially supported an effort known as the "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact" ( #NPVIC ),
⭐️but after doing more research had decided the Electoral College needed to be abolished.
"I didn’t initially support it frankly because I hadn’t done enough research on it, but I have researched it and looking at the Electoral College, understanding the, frankly,
racist underpinnings of it in the first place leads me to believe that we need to get rid of it," Ford told the outlet.
"Not only for that reason but because we’ve seen several times now the person who wins the popular vote
doesn't win
