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Does John Koza understand his own plan?
April 8, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
Sean Parnell and I have written many times about the conflicts between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and John Koza’s National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). Last week, I raised these questions w…
Read More →Supreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote
March 8, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
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…
Read More →Was National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?
February 29, 2024 by Sean Parnell in 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,…
Read More →Politics vs Math
February 27, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
Sean Parnell and I have written extensively about potential conflicts between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the NPV interstate compact. My latest, Popular Vote Compact Collides With Ranked-choice Vo…
Read More →In praise of (one part of) the National Popular Vote compact
November 16, 2023 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
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…
Read More →National Popular Vote lobbyists contradict themselves on using estimated vote totals
November 2, 2023 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
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…
Read More →Pew Poll says little about Electoral College, nothing about NPV
October 2, 2023 by Trent England in Electoral College
Opponents of the Electoral College are crowing about the latest Pew Research Poll, which claims to show that most Americans want a direct election for President. It’s important to note that the poll …
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