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Supreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote
Posted by Sean Parnell on Mar 08, 2024
I frequently tell people on both sides of the debate over the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) that it’s a mistake to predict how the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually rule on the comp…
Read More →Was National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Feb 29, 2024
A recent comment by a Democratic state legislator raises serious questions about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). After talking through numerous and serious defects in the compact,…
Read More →Politics vs Math
Posted by Trent England on Feb 27, 2024
Sean Parnell and I have written extensively about potential conflicts between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the NPV interstate compact. My latest, Popular Vote Compact Collides With Ranked-choice Vo…
Read More →NPV defender: “we could have a nuclear war” so ignore compact defects
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Jan 30, 2024
I’ve heard a lot of defenses of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) over the years, but I admit being unsure how to respond to a new one from a recent hearing in Maine. It came from Sa…
Read More →In praise of (one part of) the National Popular Vote compact
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Nov 16, 2023
I am not generally prone to pointing at parts of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) and saying, “They definitely knew what they were doing here” (unless I’m being sarcastic). But ther…
Read More →National Popular Vote lobbyists contradict themselves on using estimated vote totals
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Nov 02, 2023
The following is adapted from an upcoming memo responding to a series of recent claims made by lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact. Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote inte…
Read More →Pew Poll says little about Electoral College, nothing about NPV
Posted by Trent England on Oct 02, 2023
Opponents of the Electoral College are crowing about the latest Pew Research Poll, which claims to show that most Americans want a direct election for President. It’s important to note that the poll …
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 76% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.