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Parnell in The Center Square
May 29, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
Our own Sean Parnell recently had a column warning of the threat of John Koza’s National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) in The Center Square, a new and rapidly growing provider of statehouse n…
Read More →Tara Ross and Michael Maibach explain the Electoral College
May 28, 2024 by Harry Roth in Electoral College
Save Our States distinguished fellow Michael Maibach and author Tara Ross joined the Independent Women's Network to discuss the Electoral College. With the 2024 presidential election less than six mo…
Read More →Unfinished Recounts and litigation could thwart the compact
May 10, 2024 by Sean Parnell in 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. For example, in a …
Read More →NPV compact losing electoral votes?
May 9, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
Yes, the NPV compact has lost electoral votes twice despite no state (yet) repealing it. How is that possible? The answer reveals one more way the compact is unstable—and poorly drafted. Every ten ye…
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 3)
April 18, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
In previous posts, I explained how the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) falls well short of the “one person, one vote” standard it claims to embody. The first shows how an election syst…
Read More →Maine joins the National Popular Vote interstate compact without Governor's signature
April 16, 2024 by Harry Roth in Electoral College
Governor Janet Mills allowed National Popular Vote bill LD 1578 to take affect yesterday, committing Maine's four electoral votes to the compact. Save Our States Executive Director Trent England had …
Read More →John Koza puts NPV politics ahead of math
April 12, 2024 by Trent England in Electoral College
My last post, responding to comments by John Koza, addresses the most obvious conflict between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The issue is that RCV…
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 2)
April 11, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the main arguments made by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it advances the idea of “one person, one vote.” As NPV, Inc.’s website claims: “It will appl…
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 1)
April 10, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the main arguments made by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it embraces the idea of “one person, one vote.” NPV, Inc.’s website claims: “It will apply t…
Read More →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…
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