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NPV to Maine: Drop Dead

August 26, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

A main argument by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that the Electoral College distorts policy decisions made in the White House. According to this theory, incumben…

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Democracy is more than adding up popular votes

July 27, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

Advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) frequently assert that it violates democratic principles to have the president be someone other than the candidate who received the mo…

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North Carolina Op-Ed Falsely Links Slavery and the Electoral College

July 15, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

An oft-repeated but false claim about the Electoral College is that it was created as part of a bargain to preserve slavery and bolster the political power of Southern states. A recent op-ed in the H…

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Bad history on the Electoral College

June 10, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

One line of attack made by opponents of the Electoral College is that it is inherently racist, both in original intent and in application over the years. There’s not much dispute that the three-fifth…

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“Dangerous gaps” in NPV Compact

June 9, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

It’s no stretch to call Vikram David Amar, who is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, one of the “intellectual Godfathers” of the National Popu…

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Metropolitan Math is No Myth

April 29, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

In an opinion piece appearing last year at the site Market Watch, George C. Edwards III (a professor of political science at Texas A&M and author of Why the Electoral College is Bad for America) …

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Certifiably Correct

April 21, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

In a few recent posts I’ve raised the point that if enacted, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) is going to face some serious problems being executed, in large part because of the lac…

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Safe Harbors and Sandy

April 15, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

In an earlier post I noted that Rhode Island Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, a supporter of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) and the chief elections officer in her state who would…

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How Would We Count the Votes?

April 8, 2020 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College

For some years I have been pointing out what I term the “mechanical” flaws of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV), explaining that if it were to go into effect, the poorly-crafted sche…

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