The Center Square reports that the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, now joined by 18 states and D.C. with 222 electoral votes after Virginia signed on April 13, could gain enough states through the 2026 midterms to determine future presidential elections. Coalition consultant Patrick Rosenstiel calls the compact nonpartisan and predicts no controversy under it, while Honest Elections Project director Jason Snead calls it an extraordinarily partisan development that plays with fire and puts the constitutional system at risk.