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I frequently tell people on both sides of the debate over the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) that it’s a mistake to predict how the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually rule on the comp…

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,…

I am not generally prone to pointing at parts of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) and saying, “They definitely knew what they were doing here” (unless I’m being sarcastic). But ther…

The following is adapted from an upcoming memo responding to a series of recent claims made by lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact. Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote inte…

Apparently, folks at the National Popular Vote (NPV) organization are getting a bit desperate. What else could explain their lying to the Michigan legislature (and Nevada too) about my testimony on o…

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…

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…

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…

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—…

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…