Legislator Resources
Model Legislation
- Model resolution in opposition to John Koza’s National Popular Vote plan (PDF)
- Oklahoma resolution in favor of the Electoral College and in opposition to National Popular Vote (DOC)
Possible Amendments to National Popular Vote
- Amend intent provision to note that the legislature acts without regard to the people and without the ability to negotiate or modify the compact (from WA, PDF)
- Make the compact binding only when a candidate receives a majority, not just a plurality (from WA, PDF)
- Require state election official to certify that no incarcerated felons voted in other states (from WA, PDF)
- Require state election official to certify that candidates for President appeared on all other state ballots (from WA, PDF)
- Require state election official to certify that the NPV winner received either the most or second most votes in the state (from WA, PDF)
- Allow Electors to vote either according to the compact or their conscience (from WA, PDF)
- The compact has no effect in the event of a recount in any state (from WA, PDF)
- The compact has no effect if the national vote total is within two hundredths of a percent (from WA, PDF)
- Require the consent of Congress before the compact takes effect (from CT, PDF)
- Require a referendum vote of the people before the compact takes effect (from WA, PDF)
- Allow the legislature to make “material changes” to the compact (from WA, PDF)
Expert Testimony
- Testimony of Tara Ross before the Nevada State Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections hearing on AB 413 (National Popular Vote) (PDF)
- The Electoral College: Questions for State Senators (Professor Jim Riley, Regis University; and Professor Robert Hardaway, University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
- How the Koza Scheme would undermine federalism, create constitutional crises, and roll back minority rights (Professor Robert Hardaway, University of Denver Sturm College of Law)
- Testimony regarding National Popular Vote (John Samples, Director of the Center for Representative Government at the Cato Institute)
