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Voting reform community sees major problem with National Popular Vote
Posted by Sean Parnell on Jan 23, 2023
A few days ago, I wrote that the organization pushing the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) continues to claim there is no conflict between the compact and Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Bu…
Read More →National Popular Vote’s continuing problem with ranked-choice voting
Posted by Sean Parnell on Jan 17, 2023
For several years I’ve made the point that the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is incompatible with Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). That system, adopted by Alaska and Maine and proposed in…
Read More →The Electoral College is Fair
Posted by Harry Roth on Jan 10, 2023
The Electoral College is sometimes derided as unfair, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The allocation of electoral votes is based on the census and is equal to a state’s number of represe…
Read More →2024 presidential race reminds us: states matter
Posted by Trent England on Nov 15, 2022
The midterm elections are over, so now the question is: Who will be the Democratic and Republican nominees for President in 2024? Americans will sort that out over the next 18 months. Assuming Joe Bi…
Read More →National Popular Vote's Fishy Tales
Posted by Sean Parnell on Nov 12, 2022
More than two years ago I wrote a post titled “NPV to Maine: Drop Dead” inspired by a lobbyist for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) complaining that in order to win the electoral vo…
Read More →2016 “National Popular Vote” winner… Donald Trump?
Posted by Sean Parnell on Nov 10, 2022
A critical weakness of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is the lack of an official national vote count. Instead, the compact gives the chief election official in each member state—…
Read More →Electoral Count Reform Act poses serious problems for National Popular Vote
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Oct 07, 2022
There’s been a lot of analysis and commentary about legislation dubbed the “Electoral Count Reform Act” (ECRA), introduced by U.S. Senator Susan Collins (a similar bill, but with less bipartisan supp…
Read More →The Electoral College did not end Roe v. Wade
Posted by Sean Parnell on Jun 28, 2022
The Supreme Court’s decision striking down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision has sparked a political and social firestorm, with many sharply criticizing the court’s decision while others praise it. S…
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.