What is the Electoral College?
Defending the Electoral College
The Constitution creates a multi-step democratic process to elect the president and vice president--the Electoral College. It unifies, moderates, and protects American politics, and is part of what makes the United States a federal republic.
Today, this system is threatened by a campaign to manipulate the Electoral College using an interstate compact. This “National Popular Vote” scheme threatens to create a constitutional crisis.
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From the blog
Maine House passes NPV repeal
May 21, 2025
by Trent England
A bipartisan majority in the Maine House of Representatives passed LD 252 to repeal the state’s participation in the National Popular Vote interstate compact, just a year after the state had signed on to the scheme.
Read moreWhy did NPV fail in Nevada?
May 16, 2025
by Trent England
The National Popular Vote campaign did a face plant this year in Nevada.
Read moreMaine moves towards NPV repeal
May 15, 2025
by Trent England
The Maine House of Representatives will vote soon on whether to withdraw from the National Popular Vote interstate compact.
Read moreNPV Fails in Nevada
Apr 14, 2025
by Trent England
A multi-year effort to add Nevada to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) has failed due to bipartisan opposition.
Read moreMore concerns about NPV’s “let judges decide” approach
Apr 09, 2025
by Sean Parnell
It isn’t clear that courts would be able to untangle all of problems NPV would create.
Read moreNPV’s Illusory Litigation Solution
Mar 31, 2025
by Sean Parnell
One of the key weaknesses of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that member states are supposed to obtain the vote totals of every state that holds a “statewide popular election,” but non-member states are under no obligation to cooperate.
Read moreTestimony in support of Rhode Island's NPV repeal bill
Mar 27, 2025
by Staff
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 (NPV). Save Our States Senior Fellow, Sean Parnell, testified in favor of the bill. You can find his full remarks here.
Read moreNPV’s Missing Vote Totals Problem
Mar 26, 2025
by Sean Parnell
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 may not be forthcoming.
Read moreNPV: Let judges decide elections
Mar 21, 2025
by Trent England
Most multi-lateral interstate compacts have their own process, often a commission, to ensure uniform interpretation among members and to resolve disputes.
Read moreNPV compact lacks normal protections
Mar 19, 2025
by Trent England
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 Electoral College.
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