dreemer:

Ted, the states are will not try to amend the Constitution, but will use an "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote." They will still use the electorial college, but will mandate that their representives vote for whoever won the national popular vote.

National Project Vote. "Under the U.S. Constitution, the states have exclusive and plenary (complete) power to allocate their electoral votes, and may change their state laws concerning the awarding of their electoral votes at any time. Under the National Popular Vote bill, all of the state’s electoral votes would be awarded to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would take effect only when enacted, in identical form, by states possessing a majority of the electoral votes—that is, enough electoral votes to elect a President (270 of 538).

The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted by Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, and Maryland. These four states possess 50 electoral votes — 19% of the 270 necessary to bring the law into effect. The bill has passed 18 state legislative chambers, including one house in Arkansas, Colorado, Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Washington, and both houses in California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, and Vermont."

-dale 

I have no problem with ME, RI, WA, CA, HI, IL, NJ, MD and VT giving their electoral votes to the candidate with the most national votes. In fact, NY, MA, CT, DE, and OR should join them in that fine effort.

Most states, however, have better sense than that.