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2020 Voter Turnout Not Tied to “Battleground State” Status
January 27, 2021 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
Those who believe NPV will produce a consequential increase in voter turnout should consider the evidence, which suggests that there are other much more effective changes waiting to be championed tha…
Read More →Reapportionment and the instability of the NPV compact
January 26, 2021 by Trent England in Electoral College
One flaw of NPV is especially obvious this year, as the census results in the reapportionment of congressional seats among the states.
Read More →Utah’s Bunnie Keen peddles NPV’s big lie
January 21, 2021 by Trent England in Electoral College
NPV’s Utah “organizer,” Bunnie Keen, claims that the NPV change is minor and simple, but also that it would transform the way presidential politics works. Which is it?
Read More →What happens on January 6th?
December 16, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
The Constitution sets up a framework for presidential elections—the state-by-state process now known as the Electoral College—but leaves the details to state legislatures and to Congress.
Read More →Electoral College vote highlights this important institution
December 14, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
The day the Electoral College votes is a vital part of our Constitutional process predicated on a robust system of checks and balances.
Read More →How the Electoral College works
December 14, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
We walk through a few of the most common questions and misunderstandings about the Electoral College.
Read More →The Electoral College and Campaign 2020
November 25, 2020 by Trent England in Electoral College
Every four years, millions of Americans wind up on the losing side and thus disappointed by the presidential election. These wins and losses too often color how we see our political institutions. Thi…
Read More →The myth of 'wrong-winner' elections
November 20, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
It is highly misleading to claim that there have been “wrong winner” elections when the winners all campaigned under the rules in place at the time, and it is impossible to know the outcome under dif…
Read More →Reasonable but wrong: The Washington Post’s call for abolishing the Electoral College
November 17, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
A recent Washington Post editorial is wrongheaded, but at least its authors were responsible enough to recognize that it’s no simple and easy task to radically upend the way our nation elects its pre…
Read More →National Popular Vote: Recount madness
November 17, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
National Popular Vote could require, for the first time in American history, a nationwide recount.
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