Recent Votes

• Response to "Deciding the President by Popular Vote is a Flawed Idea" by Charles Lane of the Washington Post (January 23, 2012)

  Washington Post Editorial writer Charles Lane maintains that “Deciding the president by popular vote is a flawed idea.” (http://wapo.st/whWI0f). Pointing to the 2000 Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, Mr.

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• Dispelling the Myth that the National Popular Vote Initiative Undermines Federalism

  America is governed by “layer cake federalism,” a system where power is divided at the federal and state levels amongst the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches.

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• Presidential Candidates See No Reason to make New York a Part of It

  New York was once the Mecca of electoral activity.  From 1812-1968, it had the most electoral votes in the nation, with its high watermark being in the 1930’s, when that state garnered a formidable 47 Electoral Votes.

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• South Carolina Gets No "Electoral" Respect

  Few states have been relegated to the electoral sidelines more than South Carolina.

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• Challenging the Myth that Only Big Cities will Benefit from the National Popular Vote Initiative

  Opponents of the National Popular Vote Initiative (NPVI) (a interstate compact, where states agree to award their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote) fear that it will result in Presidential candidates allocating their time and resources to densely populat …

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