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Saving the Electoral College
Posted by Trent England on Nov 09, 2020
I call it a “toothpaste issue,” as in “you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube.” If we lose the Electoral College—our state-by-state process for electing the president—we won’t get it back. And…
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Colorado result puts lie to NPV ‘polls’
Posted by Trent England on Nov 04, 2020
For years, the National Popular Vote lobbying campaign has peddled polls that claim it is overwhelmingly popular. Of course, the group pays for these polls, and most people take them with many grains…
Read More →Electoral College benefits visible as votes are counted; Colorado ‘popular vote’ measure remains close
Posted by Trent England on Nov 04, 2020
While the outcome remains uncertain, the Electoral College is working as designed. Each state ran its own election and now each is responsible for fairly counting its votes. Any disputes will be cont…
Read More →Republic or Democracy: The Real Debate
Posted by Trent England on Nov 02, 2020
A debate I participated in last week in Denver went to the heart of the fight between those pushing the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) and those of us defending the Electoral College.…
Read More →Electoral College well worth the trade offs
Posted by Trent England on Oct 27, 2020
Some people bemoan the fact that not every state in every presidential election is a toss-up, or battleground. But that’s political reality down the ballot, too. And the cost of seeing fewer televisi…
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Where do presidential electors come from?
Posted by Trent England on Oct 15, 2020
Some questions make parents squirm. One that might come up between now and Election Day is: Where do presidential electors come from? Few people know how this works. It all starts at state political…
Read More →Law professor warns against ‘ill-conceived’ national popular vote
Posted by Trent England on Oct 01, 2020
Prolific author and law professor Richard Epstein published a defense of the Electoral College last Saturday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. After a succinct description of the history leading to th…
Read More →Even the Washington Post admits NPV would not create a ‘national popular vote’
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Sep 29, 2020
Resistance to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) today comes from an unexpected corner: Washington Post columnist Charles Lane. He correctly points out that “there is no such thing as…
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Gary Johnson’s argument for NPV upended by numbers
Posted by Trent England on Sep 25, 2020
Does voting for a losing candidate mean the vote is “wasted,” or the voter was “disenfranchised”? Unless an election comes down to a single vote (it happens), no individual vote is decisive. But ever…
Read More →Forgotten Colorado
Posted by Trent England in State Updates on Sep 23, 2020
Why does John Hickenlooper, locked in a tight race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, snub people who live in small towns and rural areas? Because he doesn’t need their votes. If he can get enough votes fr…
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.