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One person… how many votes? Part III
Posted by Sean Parnell on Apr 18, 2024
In previous posts, I explained how the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) falls well short of the “one person, one vote” standard it claims to embody. The first shows how an election sys…
Read More →John Koza puts NPV politics ahead of math
Posted by Trent England on Apr 12, 2024
My last post, responding to comments by John Koza, addresses the most obvious conflict between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The issue is that RCV…
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 2)
Posted by Sean Parnell on Apr 11, 2024
One of the main arguments made by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it advances the idea of “one person, one vote.” As NPV, Inc.’s website claims: “It will appl…
Read More →One person… how many votes? (Part 1)
Posted by Sean Parnell on Apr 10, 2024
One of the main arguments made by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it embraces the idea of “one person, one vote.” NPV, Inc.’s website claims: “It will apply t…
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Does John Koza understand his own plan?
Posted by Trent England on Apr 08, 2024
Sean Parnell and I have written many times about the conflicts between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and John Koza’s National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). Last week, I raised these questions w…
Read More →Supreme Court ruling on Trump looks like bad news for National Popular Vote
Posted by Sean Parnell on Mar 08, 2024
I frequently tell people on both sides of the debate over the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) that it’s a mistake to predict how the U.S. Supreme Court will eventually rule on the comp…
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Was National Popular Vote just a messaging bill?
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Feb 29, 2024
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,…
Read More →Politics vs Math
Posted by Trent England on Feb 27, 2024
Sean Parnell and I have written extensively about potential conflicts between ranked-choice voting (RCV) and the NPV interstate compact. My latest, Popular Vote Compact Collides With Ranked-choice Vo…
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NPV defender: “we could have a nuclear war” so ignore compact defects
Posted by Sean Parnell in Threats on Jan 30, 2024
I’ve heard a lot of defenses of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) over the years, but I admit being unsure how to respond to a new one from a recent hearing in Maine. It came from Sa…
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 77% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.