Recent Votes

• The National Popular Vote Plan has "Real World" Implications

  The National Popular Vote Plan is supported by a majority of Americans. Many, however, see it as an intellectual issue to be debated by academicians at the nation’s most esteemed universities. In actuality, the Plan has “real world” consequences on Americans. Pe …

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• Responding to Author Tara Ross of Save Our States on Rhode Island and the National Popular Vote Plan

  Political author Tara Ross of the organization Save Our States recently wrote a column urging Rhode Island Lawmakers to reject the National Popular Vote Initiative.  However, Ms. Ross’ article is based on the faulty premise that the Plan “could lead to the effect …

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• Responding to State Senator James C. Sheehan (D-RI) on the National Popular Vote Plan

  State Senator James C. Sheehan (D-RI) wrote an article titled The National Popular Vote compact would sideline our state.  This article was published in the Westerly Sun of Westerly, Rhode Island (http://bit.ly/HnGCm7). The National Popular Vote Plan is an interstate compact …

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• The National Popular Vote Plan will Reap Electoral Dividends for West Virginia

  In the 2000 Presidential election, West Virginia proved to be a pivotal state. West Virginia had not voted for a Republican Presidential nominee since Ronald Reagan’s 1984 electoral landslide. No non-incumbent Republican had won the state since Herbert Hoover in 1928. Bill  …

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• Despite their Political Differences, Utah and Rhode Island have a Common Interest

  One state is about 60% Catholic, the other about 60% Mormon. One state gave Barack Obama 63% of the vote in 2008; the other gave him just 34%. One state is just 37 miles long; the other is 350 miles long. Utah and Rhode Island are arguably the two most dissimilar states in the Un …

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