Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's close ties to Communist China are well documented and deeply disturbing for many Americans. The recent indictment of an adviser to New York Governor Kathy Hochul on accu…

The Electoral College is under attack because it matters. Presidential elections determine who will direct federal agencies and appoint judges, but the process also shapes the rest of American politi…

It is easy to forget that when we vote “for president,” we really vote for electors pledged to support the candidate we favor. Civics education is not what it used to be, and perhaps the Electoral Co…

One consequence of the Electoral College is a practical respect for states, both their boundaries and their legislatures. While the federal government has assumed many powers once left to the states,…

The nationwide popular vote margin in 1880 was less than 10,000 votes, or just about .1 percent. Neither candidate had a majority, which is often the case in close presidential elections. Yet James G…

Aside from perhaps a few voting stations ordered by courts to remain open past their scheduled close, voting in America ended in all fifty states (plus Washington, DC) by 1 a.m. Eastern time on Wedne…

The more time I spend considering the possible effects of the National Popular Vote interstate compact, the less it seems like serious public policy. Not that there aren’t serious people pushing it f…

Colorado was one of five blue states to rush into the National Popular Vote interstate compact after Donald Trump win the 2016 election. That bill passed the legislature on a partisan basis—only Demo…

Yesterday, a committee in the Colorado House of Representatives heard testimony on HB 1102, a bill to remove the state from the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The founder and executi…

The Maine House of Representatives will vote soon on whether to withdraw from the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The bill is LD 252. The state joined NPV last year, but that bill onl…