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How the World Series can help explain the Electoral College
Nov 28, 2022 by Michael C. Maibach blog
The idea of “majority rule” can be a complicated thing. Those who disfavor the Electoral College say that the majority should always rule. And yet one can compare the presidential vote in each of our…
Read More→The Electoral College is Fair
Jan 10, 2023 by Harry Roth blog
The Electoral College is sometimes derided as unfair, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. The allocation of electoral votes is based on the census and is equal to a state’s number of represe…
Read More→National Popular Vote’s continuing problem with ranked-choice voting
Jan 17, 2023 by Sean Parnell blog
For several years I’ve made the point that the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is incompatible with Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). That system, adopted by Alaska and Maine and proposed in…
Read More→Voting reform community sees major problem with National Popular Vote
Jan 23, 2023 by Sean Parnell blog
A few days ago, I wrote that the organization pushing the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) continues to claim there is no conflict between the compact and Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). Bu…
Read More→National Popular Vote's Fishy Tales
Nov 12, 2022 by Sean Parnell blog
More than two years ago I wrote a post titled “NPV to Maine: Drop Dead” inspired by a lobbyist for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) complaining that in order to win the electoral vo…
Read More→Constitutional amendment to adopt NPV introduced in the Nevada State Assembly
Mar 24, 2023 by Harry Roth blog
In 2019, former Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak vetoed a National Popular Vote bill. He rightly noted that the National Popular Vote compact would diminish Nevada’s role in presidential elections. Now …
Read More→National Popular Vote bill introduced in the Maine House of Representatives
Apr 11, 2023 by Harry Roth blog
The National Popular Vote campaign has targeted Maine and its four electoral votes for years. Now a new bill has been introduced in the state House of Representatives (LD1578). If passed, it would gi…
Read More→Lies, damned lies, and… edits?
Apr 18, 2023 by Sean Parnell blog
Apparently, folks at the National Popular Vote (NPV) organization are getting a bit desperate. What else could explain their lying to the Michigan legislature (and Nevada too) about my testimony on o…
Read More→Minnesota House hides, passes NPV compact
Apr 20, 2023 by Trent England blog
A change to presidential elections is the last thing you might expect to find in an omnibus spending bill. But that is where you’ll find the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) in Minnesot…
Read More→Nevada Assembly passes unprecedented NPV measure
Apr 21, 2023 by Trent England blog
This week, the Nevada Assembly passed AJR6, to place the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) in the Nevada Constitution. All Democrats present voted for the resolution; all Republicans vot…
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