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Defending the Electoral College since 2009
The Democrats’ democratic presidential nomination process
Posted by Sean Parnell on Apr 12, 2022
I recently wrote about how the Democratic Party selects its national leadership and how it recognizes that while “one person, one vote” is a “sacred principle” of democracy (as stated in the party pl…
Read More →Noncitizen Voting and National Popular Vote
Posted by Sean Parnell on Mar 29, 2022
I wrote the other day about the irresponsible and wildly inaccurate claims made by a National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) lobbyist regarding the effect of illegal immigration on the Elector…
Read More →NPV lobbyists’ myths about illegal immigrants and the Electoral College
Posted by Sean Parnell on Mar 23, 2022
There’s a story (possibly apocryphal) of Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli saying of a student’s paper, “This isn't right. It's not even wrong.” I think Pauli was trying to con…
Read More →NPV lobbyists’ inconsistency on post-election shenanigans?
Posted by Sean Parnell on Mar 10, 2022
One of the biggest problems with the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that states might try to pull out of the compact after Election Day or find another way to circumvent it if they…
Read More →National Popular Vote is dangerous for the country
Posted by Trent England on Mar 02, 2022
The National Popular Vote interstate compact would radically change presidential elections and national politics. It would bring chaos, and if upheld by the courts would cause dangerous unintended co…
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Abraham Lincoln and the Electoral College
Posted by Trent England on Feb 12, 2022
Today is the birthday of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. In four ways, Lincoln’s presidency and legacy reveals the importance of the Electoral College. First, Lincoln won the Republican nominat…
Read More →Possible ECA reforms demonstrate vulnerability of NPV
Posted by Sean Parnell on Feb 11, 2022
The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA), a federal law establishing the process for states to certify their appointment of presidential electors and Congress to count their electoral votes, appears lik…
Read More →Maine’s New Law Shows Democracy Is Not Just Majoritarianism
Posted by Sean Parnell on Jan 14, 2022
A common claim by advocates of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that the Electoral College is “undemocratic” because it violates the principle of “one person, one vote.” For exam…
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 77% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.