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Save Our States wins three Telly Awards

May 27, 2020 blog

Save Our States is proud to announce that it has taken home three Silver Telly Awards for its video, "Join the Fight." The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all …

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“Dangerous gaps” in NPV Compact

Jun 09, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

It’s no stretch to call Vikram David Amar, who is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, one of the “intellectual Godfathers” of the National Popu…

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Democracy is more than adding up popular votes

Jul 27, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

Advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) frequently assert that it violates democratic principles to have the president be someone other than the candidate who received the mo…

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Why “safe states” matter

Jul 31, 2020 by Trent England blog

Debbie is running for club president. It’s important because the next president will set a new direction for the club. Members are divided. Those who agree with Debbie asked her to run, and the other…

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NPV to Maine: Drop Dead

Aug 26, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

A main argument by advocates for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that the Electoral College distorts policy decisions made in the White House. According to this theory, incumben…

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National Popular Vote’s dignified death in New Hampshire

Sep 11, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

The committee on Election Law in the New Hampshire House of Representatives met yesterday afternoon to consider the National Popular Vote interstate compact. The meeting wasn’t to decide the bill’s f…

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Happy Constitution Day!

Sep 17, 2020 by Trent England blog

Even a simple game must have a set of rules. And when the competition is most fierce, that’s when the rules matter the most.Our Constitution provides the set of rules for governing our country. It af…

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Forgotten Colorado

Sep 23, 2020 by Trent England blog

Why does John Hickenlooper, locked in a tight race for U.S. Senate in Colorado, snub people who live in small towns and rural areas? Because he doesn’t need their votes. If he can get enough votes fr…

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Gary Johnson’s argument for NPV upended by numbers

Sep 25, 2020 by Trent England blog

Does voting for a losing candidate mean the vote is “wasted,” or the voter was “disenfranchised”? Unless an election comes down to a single vote (it happens), no individual vote is decisive. But ever…

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Even the Washington Post admits NPV would not create a ‘national popular vote’

Sep 29, 2020 by Trent England blog

Resistance to the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) today comes from an unexpected corner: Washington Post columnist Charles Lane. He correctly points out that “there is no such thing as…

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