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Who’s the Losing Candidate? (Illinois & Texas Edition)
August 13, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the 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.
Read More →Another Baseball Lesson for the Electoral College
August 8, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
Turns out baseball can also teach a few lessons about the Electoral College and National Popular Vote, including that just like every run counts, so does every state.
Read More →School board elections shouldn’t be separate
June 5, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Elections
There doesn’t seem to be any question whether moving school board elections on-cycle with state and federal elections will dramatically increase turnout and provide greater voter input and accountabi…
Read More →Unfinished Recounts and litigation could thwart the compact
May 10, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
One thing is clear from my years defending the Electoral College: the people at NPV, Inc. don’t understand the presidential election process or how the compact is supposed to work.
Read More →Bipartisan Election Reform: Hold local, state and federal elections together
May 7, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Elections
I’m happy that Save Our States is expanding to address other areas of election policy.
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 3)
April 18, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
Advocates for NPV endlessly repeat their slogans about making “every vote count” and the importance of “one person, one vote,” without addressing how the compact would work in the real world.
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 2)
April 11, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 1)
April 10, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.
Read More →Supreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote
March 8, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
The most obvious sign of trouble for the compact is that what is more or less the entire rationale for the constitutionality of NPV has now been shredded by the Supreme Court.
Read More →Was National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?
February 29, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College
A recent comment by a Democratic state legislator raises serious questions about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). After talking through numerous and serious defects in the compact,…
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