Does the Proposed Interstate Compact Impose Any Significant Financial Cost or Administrative Burden on State Election Officials?
There is no significant additional administrative burden or financial cost associated with the proposed compact. Under the proposed interstate compact, a presidential election would be conducted by each state in the same way that it is now conducted. The proposed compact makes no changes in a states laws or procedures for preparing ballots; administering polling places; counting votes at the precinct level; or aggregating the vote counts from the precincts to arrive at the total number of popular votes cast for each presidential slate in the state. Under the statewide winner-take-all system currently used by 48 states and the District of Columbia, the states chief election official (or state canvassing board) certifies the election of the entire group of presidential electors that is affiliated with the presidential slate that received the most votes in the state. The winning presidential electors represent the will of their states voters. In Maine and Nebraska, each district-level pre
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