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Nevada would disappear with NPV, state is smaller than 18 metropolitan areas
Posted by Harry Roth on Jun 01, 2023
Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) often claim their election scheme would benefit the whole country. With the Nevada legislature taking steps to join the compact, it's …
Read More →National Popular Vote bill introduced in the Maine House of Representatives
Posted by Harry Roth in State Updates on Apr 11, 2023
The National Popular Vote campaign has targeted Maine and its four electoral votes for years. Now a new bill has been introduced in the state House of Representatives (LD1578). If passed, it would gi…
Read More →Constitutional amendment to adopt NPV introduced in the Nevada State Assembly
Posted by Harry Roth in State Updates on Mar 24, 2023
In 2019, former Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak vetoed a National Popular Vote bill. He rightly noted that the National Popular Vote compact would diminish Nevada’s role in presidential elections. Now …
Read More →The Electoral College is Fair
Posted by Harry Roth on Jan 10, 2023
The Electoral College is sometimes derided as unfair, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The allocation of electoral votes is based on the census and is equal to a state’s number of represe…
Read More →Civil rights icon defended the Electoral College forty years ago
Posted by Harry Roth in Electoral College on Aug 18, 2020
Failed political movements often return from the grave like zombies; bad ideas of fifty years ago appear again draped in different clothing. After being defeated decades ago, proponents of abolishing…
Read More →Debating the Importance of the Electoral College
Posted by Harry Roth on May 18, 2020
Author Tara Ross and professor Bradley A. Smith are going head-to-head against New York Times Columnist Jamelle Bouie and professor Kate Shaw, in a debate on the “usefulness” of the Electoral College…
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 76% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.