Constitutional trouble for Colorado’s National Popular Vote scheme
Two new SCOTUS decisions make it clear NPV violates the Colorado Constitution.
National popular vote a crackpot idea; just ask Panama
Panama’s May 5 presidential election illustrates how NPV awards victory to a candidate most voters don’t want.
New article shows how amendments conventions and other “federal functions” are regulated
“[A]nother mistake is that because an amendments convention executes a federal function, Congress can control it. But . . . the rules and protocols for carrying out federal functions come from the Constitution, not from Congress.”
Video: Rob Natelson and Jon Caldara discuss “Nat’l Popular Vote” & protecting the Electoral College’s integrity
Rob explains why II submitted a Supreme Court brief to protect presidential elector discretion and why the National Popular Vote Compact is a terrible idea
Did Founder James Wilson oppose the Electoral College and favor ‘National Popular Vote?’
Although Wilson toyed with the idea of direct election, when all was said and done he preferred the presidential system featured in our Constitution.
How the Left dominates states through “National Popular Vote”
NPV enables Democrats and Left-leaning activists to control a state merely by running up vote totals in a few counties or regions.
Make 9News’ Kyle Clark eat his words AND stop the National Popular Vote
We at Independence saw that online platforms were suppressing conservatives and libertarians, suspending their accounts and removing their content. We knew that conservatives needed a platform to raise money for their causes without fear of being kicked off. We created freedomfy.com, which is a crowdfunding platform for freedom-loving causes. Think of it as Go Fund […]
How our presidential election system works
Some writers claim the framers adopted an indirect election procedure because they didn’t trust democracy. This is an oversimplification. The framers balanced many factors.
More on how National Popular Vote would import third world “elections” to America
Nevada and Colorado legislatures voted to import a failed third-world election system into the United States.
National Popular Vote: Banana republic elections
In the 2006 Nicaraguan election, a plurality of only 38 percent elected socialist Daniel Ortega. Once in office, Ortega did what socialist thugs commonly do: suppress opposition. Nicaragua has not had an honest election since.
CATO: A Critique of the National Popular Vote
Read John Samples policy paper on the reasons states should not join the National Popular Vote compact.
Stop the National Popular Vote
Governor Polis has signed into law Colorado’s participation in the National Popular Vote Inner-State Compact. If just a few more states join the compact then Colorado’s presidential electors will vote not how Colorado voters instruct them, but how California and New York voters tell them to. We’ve done quite a bit of work explaining why […]
