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The more time I spend considering the possible effects of the National Popular Vote interstate compact, the less it seems like serious public policy. Not that there aren’t serious people pushing it f…

I recently re-listened to a March 2023 hearing on the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) in Michigan. As NPV supporters recited their talking points, I heard something that I’ve probably …

One of the main criticisms of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that in order to function properly it requires every state, including those not in the compact, to cooperate. If ju…

Whether or not the 2028 presidential campaign began on November 6, the day after the election, it’s fair to say it was already on some people’s minds. Particularly campaign strategists who are siftin…

Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact have long targeted Arizona in hopes of adding its eleven electoral votes to their unconstitutional compact scheme. In the past, they have ev…

Aside from perhaps a few voting stations ordered by courts to remain open past their scheduled close, voting in America ended in all fifty states (plus Washington, DC) by 1 a.m. Eastern time on Wedne…

Tomorrow, Americans will vote for their state’s presidential electors. This is the first step in the two-part democratic election process set forth in the Constitution for choosing the president and …

This is the fifth and final post in our series about some of the benefits of the Electoral College. We have covered how it contains disputes, keeps power in the states, makes results more decisive, a…

So far this week, we have considered the following benefits of the Electoral College.Election disputes are contained within individual states;Presidents don’t control their own elections; andMost of …