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These hospitals are big business, not charity
July 14, 2026 by Staff in Affordability
When tax law lets giant hospitals pretend to be charities, it distorts the marketplace and shifts costs to the rest of us.
Read More →Alaska Could Derail National Popular Vote
July 10, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
The fact that Alaska could easily erase 140,000 votes for the Democratic candidate by a simple statutory tweak to its RCV system shows that this isn’t the case and that NPV is highly vulnerable to no…
Read More →Ohio proposal threatens conservative legal efforts
July 9, 2026 by Trent England in Justice
Conservative lawsuits against groups like Planned Parenthood could be shut down by legislation in Ohio.
Read More →The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Electoral College
July 2, 2026 by Trent England in Electoral College
As we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, which is really the Declaration of Independence Day, we should remember these three principles.
Read More →Ignoring Incentives: National Popular Vote’s Demeny Denial
July 1, 2026 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
Whether NPV supporters like it or not, the national popular vote interstate compact is partisan. And it would create a powerful incentive for other partisan states to act in their perceived defense.
Read More →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…
Read More →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.
Read More →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.
Read More →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.
Read More →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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