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Noncitizen Voting and National Popular Vote
March 29, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
I wrote the other day about the irresponsible and wildly inaccurate claims made by a National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) lobbyist regarding the effect of illegal immigration on the Elector…
Read More →NPV lobbyists’ myths about illegal immigrants and the Electoral College
March 23, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
There’s a story (possibly apocryphal) of Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli saying of a student’s paper, “This isn't right. It's not even wrong.” I think Pauli was trying to con…
Read More →NPV lobbyists’ inconsistency on post-election shenanigans?
March 10, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
One of the biggest problems with the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that states might try to pull out of the compact after Election Day or find another way to circumvent it if they…
Read More →National Popular Vote is dangerous for the country
March 2, 2022 by Trent England in Electoral College
The National Popular Vote interstate compact would radically change presidential elections and national politics. It would bring chaos, and if upheld by the courts would cause dangerous unintended co…
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Abraham Lincoln and the Electoral College
February 12, 2022 by Trent England in Electoral College
Today is the birthday of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. In four ways, Lincoln’s presidency and legacy reveals the importance of the Electoral College. First, Lincoln won the Republican nominat…
Read More →Possible ECA reforms demonstrate vulnerability of NPV
February 11, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
The Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA), a federal law establishing the process for states to certify their appointment of presidential electors and Congress to count their electoral votes, appears lik…
Read More →Maine’s New Law Shows Democracy Is Not Just Majoritarianism
January 14, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
A common claim by advocates of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that the Electoral College is “undemocratic” because it violates the principle of “one person, one vote.” For exam…
Read More →Does presidential politics influence disaster declarations?
January 14, 2022 by Sean Parnell in Electoral College
Key Points The states with the most major disaster declarations over the past 20 years have generally been uncompetitive, led by Oklahoma and also including California, New York, and Texas.Several of…
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