as conclusive an official statement containing the number of
popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the
day established by Federal law for making a state's final
determination as to the counting of electoral votes by Congress.
In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the
presidential elector certifying official of each member state
shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated in
association with the presidential slate receiving the largest
number of popular votes within that official's own state.
If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors
nominated in a member state in association with the national
popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's
number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the
presidential slate that has been designated as the national
popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the
presidential electors for that state and that state's
presidential elector certifying official shall certify the
appointment of the nominees.
The chief election official of each member state shall
immediately release to the public all vote counts or statements
of votes as they are determined or obtained.
This article shall govern the appointment of presidential
electors in each member state in any year in which this
agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively
possessing a majority of the electoral votes.
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PROVISIONS
This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively
possessing a majority of the electoral votes have enacted this
agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments by
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