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Maine joins the National Popular Vote interstate compact without Governor's signature

April 16, 2024 by Harry Roth in Defending the Electoral College

Governor Janet Mills allowed National Popular Vote bill LD 1578 to take affect yesterday, committing Maine's three electoral votes to the compact.

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John Koza puts NPV politics ahead of math

April 12, 2024 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College

Why does John Koza ignore this serious flaw, which undermines his own case for NPV? The answer can only be politics.

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One person… how many votes? (Part 2)

April 11, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.

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One person… how many votes? (Part 1)

April 10, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

Does National Popular Vote deliver on the promise of "one person, one vote?" It turns out it doesn’t and can’t.

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Does John Koza understand his own plan?

April 8, 2024 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College

John Koza, the creator of the National Popular Vote campaign, either does not understand his own proposal or he intends to bluster through even if it means creating his very own constitutional crisis.

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Supreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote

March 8, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

The most obvious sign of trouble for the compact is that what is more or less the entire rationale for the constitutionality of NPV has now been shredded by the Supreme Court.

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Was National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?

February 29, 2024 by Sean Parnell in Defending the 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,…

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Politics vs Math

February 27, 2024 by Trent England in Defending the Electoral College

When the NPV compact was drafted, there was no serious consideration of ranked-choice voting in presidential elections. So what happens decades later now that states have adopted RCV?

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In praise of (one part of) the National Popular Vote compact

November 16, 2023 by Sean Parnell in Defending the 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).

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National Popular Vote lobbyists contradict themselves on using estimated vote totals

November 2, 2023 by Sean Parnell in Defending the Electoral College

Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) have a habit of labeling as a “myth” anything that is even slightly critical of or unhelpful to the compact.

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