brandon

No, these states agree to commit their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. This would make it impossible for one candidate to win the election having lost the national popular vote.

It does not end first past the post voting. If it went into effect it would essentially mean that the popular vote would determine the outcome of the presidential election, by forcing the electoral college results to match. The popular vote would still be first past the post.

I don’t know the details of the allegations, but it’s possible that the assaults occured in New York.