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The Rhode Island House of Representatives' State Government and Elections Committee held a hearing on House Bill 5519, a bill to remove the state from the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NP…

My colleague Trent England wrote an excellent post on a unique problem of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV): its reliance on the cooperation of non-member states – cooperation that m…

Most multi-lateral interstate compacts have their own process, often a commission, to ensure uniform interpretation among members and to resolve disputes.

Interstate compacts are common, but the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is different from all the others—and not just because it attempts to unravel the checks and balances in the Elec…

First-year law students learn that a contract only binds the parties to it. Relying on non-parties makes a contract vulnerable to unintentional or intentional interference.

It’s out with the old, in with the new, atop the Canadian government. Mark Carney will become the new prime minister after winning the election with 86 percent of the vote.

Support for the Electoral College is surging in state legislatures across the country, with multiple states passing resolutions to defend our 238-year-old election system.

Under NPV, it would be impossible to conduct a full nationwide recount if the national margin were close enough to warrant one.

On the basic question of who gets votes on Election Day, the NPV compact seems desperately confused.

A novel, but not unprecedented, way of choosing presidential electors is being considered by the Rhode Island Legislature.