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In a recent op-ed published in The Center Square, Harry Roth discusses how Democrats in Pennsylvania would push to pass the National Popular Vote interstate compact if they take full control of state government.
Ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats hold the Pennsylvania governorship and state House of Representatives, while Republicans control the Senate. That balance of power is currently holding back something called the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). But if Democrats take full control, some promise to pass the compact, which would take away Pennsylvania’s important role in presidential elections.
The NPV compact is a sneaky workaround aimed at the Electoral College. It works like this – states pass legislation committing to collect vote totals from other states and give their electoral votes away to the popular vote winner, regardless of who their own state’s voters want. The compact takes effect if enough states join that they have a majority of electoral votes, which would give them control over who wins. Unsurprisingly, this idea was devised by three liberal law professors frustrated by Al Gore’s loss to George W. Bush in 2000.
Read the full op-ed at The Center Square.