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Anyone who supports the current presidential election system, believing it is what the Founders intended and that it is in the Constitution, is mistaken. The current presidential election system does not function, at all, the way that the Founders thought that it would. Supporters of National...

The state power involved in the National Popular Vote compact is specified in Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 the U.S. Constitution: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors…." In the 1892 case of McPherson v. Blacker (146 U.S. 1)...

Of COURSE the compact is NOT trying to manipulate the Electoral College out of existence. The bill would take effect when enacted by states with a majority of the electoral votes—270 of 538. All of the presidential electors from the enacting states will be supporters of the presidential...

Unable to agree on any particular method for selecting presidential electors, the Founding Fathers left the choice of method exclusively to the states in Article II, Section 1 “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors….” The U.S...

There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents states from making the decision now that winning the national popular vote is required to win the Electoral College and the presidency. Of COURSE there would be a reason to go to the polls in every state. Under National Popular Vote, every...

There are good reasons why no state awards their electors proportionally. Although the whole-number proportional approach might initially seem to offer the possibility of making every voter in every state relevant in presidential elections, it would not do this in practice. The whole number...

Voters in the biggest cities in the US are almost exactly balanced out by rural areas in terms of population and partisan composition. 16% of the U.S. population lives outside the nation's Metropolitan Statistical Areas. Rural America has voted 60% Republican. None of the 10 most rural states...

Trump, November 13, 2016, on “60 Minutes” “ I would rather see it, where you went with simple votes. You know, you get 100 million votes, and somebody else gets 90 million votes, and you win. There’s a reason for doing this. Because it brings all the states into play.” In 2012, the night...

Again. The National Popular Vote bill would not be a direct national election for president. All of the 270+ presidential electors from the enacting states in the Electoral College in December will be supporters of the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes among all 50 states...

The Democratic candidate in 2016 won almost 3 million more popular votes than the winner.

I am not your PAL. Again The Founders in the U.S. Constitution said "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors . . ." The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly characterized the authority of the state legislatures over the manner of...

Again. The bill is Not a constitutional amendment. The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the majority of Electoral College votes and the presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes in the country. It does not abolish the Electoral College. The National Popular...

What I have discussed and described is not a direct national election of the President. The bill would take effect when enacted by states with a majority of the electoral votes—270 of 538. All of the presidential electors from the enacting states, in December when the Electoral College meets...

That is very presumptuous of you. I have no reason to "rather have massive voter fraud than the real will of the people." Most American voters want to know, that no matter where they live, even if they were on the losing side, their vote actually was equally counted and mattered to their...

Elections with the National Popular Vote bill in effect would not be direct popular elections. All of the 270+ presidential electors from the enacting states will be supporters of the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes among all 50 states (and DC)—thereby guaranteeing that...

The National Popular Vote is not a direct popular election. All of the 270+ presidential electors from the enacting states will be supporters of the presidential candidate receiving the most popular votes among all 50 states (and DC)—thereby guaranteeing that candidate with an Electoral College...

As you note, "Cities" are not the same as Metro areas, that include suburbs. Cities are cities, suburbs are suburbs, and rural are rural. Suburbs, 68% of Americans, do not vote the same as cities. I break it out. 16% of the U.S. population lives outside the nation's Metropolitan Statistical...

Being a constitutional republic does not mean we should not and cannot guarantee the election of the presidential candidate with the most popular votes. The candidate with the most votes wins in every other election in the country. Guaranteeing the election of the presidential candidate with...

The National Popular Vote bill is state legislatures choosing to replace state winner-take-all laws that award all of a state’s electoral votes to the candidate who get the most popular votes in each separate state (not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), in the...

You're welcome to work on those issues.