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Today, the Virginia House passed HB965, to enact the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The Virginia Senate passed a companion measure, SB322, by a party-line vote on Monday. The bills now go …

The Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 322 by a margin of 21-19 earlier this week. If enacted, it would commit the state’s 13 electoral votes to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), br…

Originally, the League of Women Voters opposed the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The LWV has, since the 1970s, demanded a constitutional amendment to end the Electoral College. It condemn…

Bipartisan opposition has stopped the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) in Virginia during recent years, but it is back in the 2026 General Assembly. Thankfully, bipartisan opposition re…

The Virginia legislative session began this week, a whirlwind set to conclude in just two months (on the Ides of March, no less). On cue, House and Senate bills were introduced that would void Virgin…

Advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) and opponents of the Electoral College (there’s a lot of overlap, but many critics of the Electoral College still oppose NPV) often ma…

In recent years, some have argued that the Electoral College is slipping further out of reach for Democrats. The upcoming 2030 census doesn’t favor the party, and President Trump’s plan to exclude il…

The National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) gained its first state back in 2007 when former Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley signed House Bill 148 into law. Since then, sixteen oth…

In a recent blog post, I noted that lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) routinely but inaccurately claim that disaster declarations by the president are distorted by the …

It’s no secret that the campaign to nullify the Electoral College with the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) has lost steam. Just consider recent events in Maine and Nevada. Maine barely…