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Maine moves towards NPV repeal
May 15, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
The Maine House of Representatives will vote soon on whether to withdraw from the National Popular Vote interstate compact.
Read More →NPV Fails in Nevada
April 14, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
A multi-year effort to add Nevada to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) has failed due to bipartisan opposition.
Read More →More concerns about NPV’s “let judges decide” approach
April 9, 2025 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
It isn’t clear that courts would be able to untangle all of problems NPV would create.
Read More →NPV’s Illusory Litigation Solution
March 31, 2025 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
One of the key weaknesses of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that member states are supposed to obtain the vote totals of every state that holds a “statewide popular election,” …
Read More →Testimony in support of Rhode Island's NPV repeal bill
March 27, 2025 by Staff in Defending the Electoral College
The Rhode Island House of Representatives' State Government and Elections Committee held a hearing on House Bill 5519, a bill to remove the state from the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NP…
Read More →NPV’s Missing Vote Totals Problem
March 26, 2025 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
My colleague Trent England wrote an excellent post on a unique problem of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV): its reliance on the cooperation of non-member states – cooperation that m…
Read More →NPV: Let judges decide elections
March 21, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
Most multi-lateral interstate compacts have their own process, often a commission, to ensure uniform interpretation among members and to resolve disputes.
Read More →NPV compact lacks normal protections
March 19, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
Interstate compacts are common, but the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is different from all the others—and not just because it attempts to unravel the checks and balances in the Elec…
Read More →NPV is not a normal interstate compact
March 17, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
First-year law students learn that a contract only binds the parties to it. Relying on non-parties makes a contract vulnerable to unintentional or intentional interference.
Read More →Who voted for Canada’s new Prime Minister?
March 12, 2025 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College
It’s out with the old, in with the new, atop the Canadian government. Mark Carney will become the new prime minister after winning the election with 86 percent of the vote.
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