What is the Electoral College?
Defending the Electoral College
The Constitution creates a multi-step democratic process to elect the president and vice president--the Electoral College. It unifies, moderates, and protects American politics, and is part of what makes the United States a federal republic.
Today, this system is threatened by a campaign to manipulate the Electoral College using an interstate compact. This “National Popular Vote” scheme threatens to create a constitutional crisis.
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From the blog
One person… how many votes? (Part 3)
Apr 18, 2024
by Sean Parnell
Advocates for NPV endlessly repeat their slogans about making “every vote count” and the importance of “one person, one vote,” without addressing how the compact would work in the real world.
Read moreMaine joins the National Popular Vote interstate compact without Governor's signature
Apr 16, 2024
by Harry Roth
Governor Janet Mills allowed National Popular Vote bill LD 1578 to take affect yesterday, committing Maine's three electoral votes to the compact.
Read moreJohn Koza puts NPV politics ahead of math
Apr 12, 2024
by Trent England
Why does John Koza ignore this serious flaw, which undermines his own case for NPV? The answer can only be politics.
Read moreOne person… how many votes? (Part 2)
Apr 11, 2024
by Sean Parnell
Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.
Read moreOne person… how many votes? (Part 1)
Apr 10, 2024
by Sean Parnell
Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.
Read moreDoes John Koza understand his own plan?
Apr 08, 2024
by Trent England
John Koza, the creator of the National Popular Vote campaign, either does not understand his own proposal or he intends to bluster through even if it means creating his very own constitutional crisis.
Read moreSupreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote
Mar 08, 2024
by Sean Parnell
The most obvious sign of trouble for the compact is that what is more or less the entire rationale for the constitutionality of NPV has now been shredded by the Supreme Court.
Read moreWas National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?
Feb 29, 2024
by Sean Parnell
A recent comment by a Democratic state legislator raises serious questions about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). After talking through numerous and serious defects in the compact, the comment was (I’m paraphrasing): “It seems like this was just supposed to be a messaging bill.”
Read moreIn praise of (one part of) the National Popular Vote compact
Nov 16, 2023
by Sean Parnell
I am not generally prone to pointing at parts of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) and saying, “They definitely knew what they were doing here” (unless I’m being sarcastic).
Read moreNational Popular Vote lobbyists contradict themselves on using estimated vote totals
Nov 02, 2023
by Sean Parnell
Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) have a habit of labeling as a “myth” anything that is even slightly critical of or unhelpful to the compact.
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