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Can “Legal Oomph” Save National Popular Vote?

June 29, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

The National Popular Vote compact assumes courts could force non-member states to provide complete vote totals by the federal deadline, but in reality, slow or incomplete counts in those states could…

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Are Unvetted Local Results Just As Good As Certified State Results?

June 23, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

Supporters of National Popular Vote often overlook a major flaw: the compact relies on states that never joined it. If NPV ever took effect, that assumption could trigger a national election crisis.

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Has stopping RCV become the most popular election reform?

June 22, 2026 by Harry Roth in Elections

Banning ranked-choice voting has supplanted ranked-choice voting as the fastest-growing election reform in the country.

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National Popular Vote Tries to Spin Recount Problem

June 15, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

A key defect of NPV is that it would be impossible to conduct a national recount. The fact that NPV lobbyists can’t provide accurate and honest responses to this issue raises even more red flags.

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We need the Electoral College now more than ever

June 12, 2026 by Harry Roth in Electoral College

The year was 1787, and the Framers were hard at work in Philadelphia crafting our current Constitution to replace our first one—the Articles of Confederation.

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Nonprofit? Give us a break

May 29, 2026 by Trent England in Affordability

While pretending to be charities, some major hospitals pay executives massive salaries, buy up expensive art collections, build the fanciest buildings—including overseas—and still wind up downsizing …

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Demeny Voting and National Popular Vote

May 28, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

The National Popular Vote interstate compact would create new—and completely legal—ways of manipulating the presidential election process. That’s not something anybody wants.

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RCV’s failure to launch in DC

May 26, 2026 by Harry Roth in Elections

The RCV rollout in D.C. is not off to a great start.

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Leave people free to access litigation funding

May 18, 2026 by Trent England in Justice

Third-party litigation finance is an important option for plaintiffs with legitimate lawsuits. Unfortunately, some state and federal legislators are trying to suppress or destroy this option in order…

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Virginia doubles down on ranked-choice voting experiment

May 14, 2026 by Harry Roth in Elections

The Virginia Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 176, which expands and regulates the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV) in local elections starting July 1, 2026.

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