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Oops, New York Did It Again
April 26, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
A while back I wrote about New York’s unfortunate habit of failing to provide accurate vote counts for presidential electors, and how they managed to once again miss the mark in 2020. Here’s a brief …
Read More →Missed it by that much, part II
April 6, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
In the first post of this two-part series, I explained how an NPV lobbyist admitted that their plan would allow state chief election officers (CEOs) to make up vote totals in the event that a state w…
Read More →Former ACLU official: NPV has a dangerous flaw
March 23, 2021 by Trent England in Electoral College
At Save Our States, we support the Electoral College. But even opponents of the Electoral College recognize dangerous flaws in the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). Andy Katz, former pr…
Read More →Constitutional Amendment Introduced to Abolish Electoral College
February 22, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
Congress has considered more constitutional amendments to change or abolish the Electoral College than on any other subject. The latest, House Joint Resolution 14, was introduced in early 2021. Like…
Read More →New York Submits Inaccurate Presidential Vote Count (Again)
February 22, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the many defects in the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it requires member states to accept at face value the vote totals submitted by every other state, even if those v…
Read More →States consider preemptive measures against National Popular Vote
February 10, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the biggest defects of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), as I’ve pointed out many times over the years, is that there is no official, accurate, uniform, or timely national vo…
Read More →Political "trigger" undercuts NPV's moral claim
February 8, 2021 by Trent England in Electoral College
Advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) claim it’s simple—direct democracy is the only legitimate way to hold an election. This is an attack on every parliamentary system or …
Read More →How close is NPV to hijacking presidential elections?
February 5, 2021 by Trent England in Electoral College
How concerned should Americans be about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) taking effect before the 2024 presidential election? There are currently 15 states plus DC that have joined …
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