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April 21, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

In a few recent posts I’ve raised the point that if enacted, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) is going to face some serious problems being executed, in large part because of the lac…

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Safe Harbors and Sandy

April 15, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

For some years I have been pointing out what I term the “mechanical” flaws of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV), explaining that if it were to go into effect, the poorly-crafted sche…

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John Koza's Big Myth: “Every Voter Equal”

April 14, 2020 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College

The National Popular Vote interstate compact would wipe away state lines and turn the entire nation into one giant “single-member district” for presidential elections. This, according to computer sci…

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How Would We Count the Votes?

April 8, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

For some years I have been pointing out what I term the “mechanical” flaws of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV), explaining that if it were to go into effect, the poorly-crafted sche…

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About that “plenary” and “exclusive” power…

March 30, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

One of the key questions about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) is: Is it constitutional? For advocates of NPV, there is no question – the Constitution vests “exclusive” and “plenar…

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Tyranny of the Majority and Winner-Take-All

November 21, 2019 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

One argument for retaining the Electoral College and its state-by-state process for electing the president is that it provides a check on raw majoritarian power, sometimes referred to as the “tyranny…

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NPV founder having second thoughts?

November 18, 2019 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College

At a recent event in Florida, one of the creators of NPV admitted that, under current federal and state laws, NPV would not produce “a reliable national total.”

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Hillsdale President Larry Arnn on the Electoral College

August 30, 2019 in Defending the Electoral College

Larry Arnn in The Wall Street Journal: "We can think about this better if we understand two things: What does the Electoral College do, and why does it do it?"

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