Virginia joins slow-motion plan to sidestep Electoral College

With dozens of electoral votes to go and lawsuits basically guaranteed, this is less “done deal” and more “check back in a few election cycles.”

The State of Virginia has signed onto the long-running, slow-build effort to make the Electoral College reflect the actual popular vote, nudging the National Popular Vote Compact a little closer to the magic number it needs to matter.

With Virginia, the total number of states signed on to the interstate compact is now 18, plus the District of Columbia, f…