It would seem to nullify the recent trend of leftist states wanting to cast all of their EV’s to the candidate (Dem, of course) getting a national majority of the popular votes.
That was my take on it too.
“getting a national majority of the popular votes”
Please define “national majority”.
If California, NY, NJ, Maryland and Illinois do not allow a major party nominee on their ballots (which is very possible), how would you THEN define a “national popular vote”?
There is no national law governing ballot access or voter qualification (and any such law would be unconstitutional).
There is no provision in the Constitution which establishes popular voting for President, and there is no grant of authority to Congress to pass a law requiring it.
In the five States which are threatening to deny Donald Trump ballot access in 2020 (CA, NY, NJ, MD, IL) Donald Trump got twelve million votes in 2016.
You cannot allow a national popular vote for President without uniform rules, and there is no body with the Constitutional power to make any such rules.