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Introducing “Electoral College 101”
September 26, 2024 by Staff in Electoral College
When do presidential electors cast their state’s electoral votes? And who are these people? You can find answers to questions like that at ElectoralCollege101.com, a new educational website from Save…
Read More →Judge explains constitutional flaws in NPV compact
September 25, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
The debate over the Electoral College calls for “careful, conscientious, statesmanlike, and non-partisan consideration,” said former Michigan Chief Justice Stephen Markman in remarks for Save Our Sta…
Read More →How California could control the NPV compact
September 20, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
California already has more electoral votes than any other state, due to the size of its population. And it’s no secret that California would get far more power from the National Popular Vote interst…
Read More →Child Voting: A National Popular Vote Power Move
September 13, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
My colleague Trent England recently explained how, if the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) were in effect, California could nullify the popular vote totals of small states simply by all…
Read More →Academic freedom in China and beyond
September 11, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Foreign Threats
I recently wrote about the threat to academic freedom posed by Confucius Institutes at American colleges and universities. For a fuller understanding, it’s worth knowing just how little freedom Chine…
Read More →California teenagers could make small states disappear with NPV
August 26, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
The National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), adopted by 17 blue states, would force the Electoral College to rubber stamp the popular vote result. And while the compact eliminates most of the …
Read More →Electoral College forces party outreach
August 19, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
With both campaigns scrapping for voters, I thought it a good time to revisit a section of my book, “Why We Must Defend the Electoral College.” At conferences this summer, I’ve had many people ask wh…
Read More →Who’s the Losing Candidate? (Illinois & Texas Edition)
August 13, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the many defects in the National Popular Vote interstate compact is that it would be essentially impossible to conduct a full recount* if the national margin were close. This is because state …
Read More →Another Baseball Lesson for the Electoral College
August 8, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
My friends Michael Maibach and Tara Ross have both used the World Series to illustrate how the Electoral College works (an analogy earlier used by MIT physicist Alan Natapoff, another Electoral Colle…
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