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January 6th committee member has it backward
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Jun 14, 2022
A member of the January 6th Select Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin is one of the most far-left members of Congress. He represents Maryland’s extremely Gerrymandered eighth district, which is dominated b…
Read More →NPV Chairman John Koza is big giver to the left
Posted by Guest Author in Threats on Aug 11, 2021
From Barack Obama to Donald Trump, through natural disasters and technological breakthroughs, we've had one constant this decade: A flood of money to the left from John Koza. Now certainly there's n…
Read More →Tacoma: The 101st City
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on May 13, 2021
One concern often expressed about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that voters from large metropolitan areas would dominate a direct presidential election while rural Americans w…
Read More →A short-sighted attack … part 3
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Apr 30, 2021
Previously I criticized arguments by columnist Scott Morefield that conservatives should, for purely political reasons, support the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). He doubled down wit…
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National Popular Vote: Recount madness
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Nov 17, 2020
Key Points NPV could require, for the first time in American history, a nationwide recount. In a close election under NPV, it would be impossible to conduct a legitimate national recount.The cour…
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The National Popular Vote Myth
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Nov 12, 2020
Traveling around the country defending the Electoral College, I have heard an amazing array of different--sometimes contradictory--claims made by National Popular Vote (NPV) advocates. Some of this i…
Read More →Even the Washington Post admits NPV would not create a ‘national popular vote’
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Sep 29, 2020
Resistance to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) today comes from an unexpected corner: Washington Post columnist Charles Lane. He correctly points out that “there is no such thing as…
Read More →NPV would lead to bailouts for broke cities
Posted by Trent England in Threats on Sep 02, 2020
Remember that time the Electoral College saved you from bailing out New York City? If you were following the news in 1975, you might. Massive mismanagement and liberal overspending had driven the ci…
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“Dangerous gaps” in NPV Compact
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Jun 09, 2020
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…
Read More →Certifiably Correct
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Apr 21, 2020
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…
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 72% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.