North Carolina updates on NPV, the Electoral College, and federalism.
NPV status: passed Senate 2007-failed; introduced 2009-failed. Introduced 2011 and failed 2012. H. S639
The balance of power between state and national governments was one of the most contentious issues for the American Founders. The states were important historically, but also as a way to keep government close to the people and to divide government power into as many hands as practical in order to preserve liberty. At...
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NPV has made North Carolina one of its targets for 2010. Yet North Carolina is a great example of the weakness of one of NPV’s key arguments. NPV points out that presidential candidates spend most of their time and resources in “battleground states.” That’s true. But what is often ignored is that states are...
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Tags: 1992, 2008, Fair Vote, legislation, North Carolina, NPV, safe states, swing states
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