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No major nation uses the National Popular Vote interstate compact’s election system—and for good reason.

A new article at Vox shows just how far supporters of the National Popular Vote interstate compact will go to avoid answering concerns about their plan’s technical defects.

NPV lobbyist authors piece filled with dubious claims. We take a deeper look.

NPV advocates claim estimated vote totals would be nearly exact, but real-world application shows their method could produce errors hundreds or thousands of votes larger—undermining confidence in the…

Even some critics of the Electoral College have acknowledged a major flaw with NPV: states may not receive official vote totals in time to determine a national winner.

How do you ensure that official, certified vote totals are available from every state to use when tabulating the national vote count, in particular from non-member states?

NPV’s lobbyists have had a few responses which sound vaguely plausible but don’t hold up to scrutiny.

Federal law does not guarantee that official vote totals would be available from every state by the time NPV compact states would need them.