The Tortured Electoral College Department

Published: April 23, 2024, 11 p.m.

b'2:40 TEMP CHECK: Sami and V check the nation\\u2019s pulse after Taylor Swift\\u2019s double album release and the discourse that followed.\\n11:56 MAIN NEWS: This week, Maine joined The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Under the proposed compact, each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote for president, regardless of how individual states voted in an election.\\n24:33 DOWN BALLOT GIRLY OF THE WEEK: Goes to the first South American-born immigrant to serve in Congress, Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. Mucarsel-Powell is running for the Florida Senate against current senator Rick Scott who has been a long time fixture in Florida politics.\\n34:15 OUR DOWN BALLOT VILLAIN OF THE WEEK: Goes to Louis DeJoy and his attempt to privatize the USPS through the \\u201cDelivering for America\\u201d plan which is a roadmap to destroying rural, indigenous communities that are too small to have private shipping offices.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'