"COMMENTARY: Flawed popular vote compact the wrong move for Nevada"

Hendricks, Jasper

May 27, 2023

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) often claim their election scheme would benefit the whole country. With the Nevada legislature taking steps to join the compact, it's …

The state’s Constitution is clear: to vote for Michigan’s presidential electors, a person must be a state resident. Yet today, the House Elections Committee is slated to consider legislation to allow…

What’s the wildest claim made when National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV) lobbyists court Republicans? Probably that NPV is the antidote to illegal immigration’s effect on reapportionment. Th…

What are possible pitfalls of implementing John Koza’s NPV interstate compact? In an overheated and litigious political environment, this is a crucial question. Yet NPV lobbyists often respond to suc…

My first post in this series about flaws and blind spots in John Koza’s NPV interstate compact addressed its reliance on cooperation from non-compact states. Usually, Koza’s lobbyists try to dodge th…

My last post in this series touched on the “dangerous lack of imagination” of NPV advocates. Many appear never to have thought about how other states can disrupt the compact. And NPV lobbyists often …

Opponents of the Electoral College are crowing about the latest Pew Research Poll, which claims to show that most Americans want a direct election for President. It’s important to note that the poll …

Most of us just want elections that are trustworthy. We want it to be easy to vote and hard to cheat. Next year, Nevadans will hold a final vote on whether to add Ranked-Choice Voting to the state Co…