[superfrank]

It's not and that's the point.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a way to choose the president by popular vote without the overhead of removing the electoral college.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Intersta...

[starik36]

So then it should be called "Popular Vote" and not "Interstate Compact". It just obfuscates the issue.

[superfrank]

It's called the "National Popular Vote Interstate Compact". The Interstate Compact part just means that it's a legally binding agreement between states.