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National Popular Vote and election fraud

Nov 10, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

Key PointsElection fraud continues to be a serious problem, and the National Popular Vote interstate compact would make it worse.In the current system, it is difficult to commit fraud in competitive …

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No, we don't have a president-elect yet

Nov 10, 2020 by Trent England blog

The law determines when an election is over—not the media. Yet reporters often predict who is going to win, sometimes even before votes are counted based on lopsided polling. Other times they predict…

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National Popular Vote and rural America

Nov 16, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

Key PointsThe interests of small-town and rural Americans have to be taken into account when trying to win statewide elections under the Electoral College.There are 223 million Americans in just thos…

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The myth of 'wrong-winner' elections

Nov 20, 2020 by Sean Parnell blog

Key Points Presidents who won without a popular-vote plurality campaigned under the rules of the time, and it is misleading to call them “wrong winner” elections based on some imaginary preferred …

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Utah’s Bunnie Keen peddles NPV’s big lie

Jan 21, 2021 by Trent England blog

“How dare you lie about our position!” As I exited a committee hearing into the middle of the Delaware State Capitol, I was confronted by two elderly women—one of them yelling in my face. They were r…

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Reapportionment and the instability of the NPV compact

Jan 26, 2021 by Trent England blog

There are multiple drafting flaws within the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), which attempts to nullify the Electoral College by giving away states’ electoral votes to create an ad hoc…

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Election law ignorance fuels NPV push

Feb 03, 2021 by Trent England blog

Earlier I wrote in response to NPV’s Utah “organizer” Bunnie Keen claiming that their plan is just a minor “update” to the Electoral College. Of course, the real purpose is to nullify the constitutio…

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How close is NPV to hijacking presidential elections?

Feb 05, 2021 by Trent England blog

How concerned should Americans be about the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) taking effect before the 2024 presidential election? There are currently 15 states plus DC that have joined …

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States consider preemptive measures against National Popular Vote

Feb 10, 2021 by Sean Parnell blog

One of the biggest defects of the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV), as I’ve pointed out many times over the years, is that there is no official, accurate, uniform, or timely national vo…

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New York Submits Inaccurate Presidential Vote Count (Again)

Feb 22, 2021 by Sean Parnell blog

One of the many defects in the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) is that it requires member states to accept at face value the vote totals submitted by every other state, even if those v…

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