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Column: Reject the radical, risky National Popular Vote compact
Save Our States Distinguished Fellow Michael Maibach recently wrote about why Gov. Spanberger should reject the risky National Popular Vote interstate compact for The Virginian-Pilot.
The Electoral College is an ingenious part of our system. It promotes a healthy balance between state and federal power, between urban and rural interests. It secures our two-party system, protecting against regional candidates or those with only a small plurality of support. Every president since George Washington has been elected using the Electoral College. The NPV Compact would throw all that away. Hopefully, Gov. Spanberger will follow her oath of office and defend both the Constitution and Virginia’s voters.