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Bill would revise electoral system
By Damon Circosta
June 18, 2008—May 6 was a record-breaking election for North Carolina. Not since Gov. Terry Sanford supported John F. Kennedy in 1960 has our state been such ...
National vote plan would help New York
By Charles D. Lavine
April 30, 2008—The 2008 presidential election is over in New York. Unless you are a major financial contributor or a Democratic superdelegate, your role in determining ...
National Popular Vote Best Reflects the Will of the People of Hawaii
By State Representative Tom Brower, D-Waikiki
April 24, 2008—As a legislator, I am morally compelled to advocate for the system that best reflects the will of the people. As a voter, I see national popular vote as a rational, ...
National popular vote would even the playing field
By Curtis Fisher
April 20, 2008—The Vermont Legislature is considering S.270, the National Popular Vote plan. The goal of this bill is to ensure that the U.S. presidential candidate who ...
Plan would make popular vote count
By Thomas F. Schaller
March 26, 2008—It is fitting that Maryland is pioneering the effort to create a multistate compact to ensure that the presidential candidate who wins the ...
Time to ditch Electoral College in favor of the popular vote
By Rob Buck, Local News Editor
February 12, 2008—Power to the people. That's the idea behind an effort to circumvent the cumbersome and somewhat confusing Electoral College. The Electoral College system was designed ...
As Maine went, so shouldn't the nation
By Diane Russell and Jon Bartholomew
December 23, 2007—When Maine acts, other states pay attention. From Clean Elections to voting rights advocacy, Maine is the state to emulate when it comes to good ...
Make Every Vote Count
A national popular vote would make sure no state is disadvantaged and every vote is equal.
By Jon S. Cardin
Septmeber, 2007—Throughout our country’s history, we have been vigilant in expanding democracy, empowering individuals and correcting injustices through the ballot box. We have remedied ...
New Jersey Shouldn’t Be Ignored in Presidential Elections
By Chris Pearson
June 21, 2007—As a State Legislator I am frustrated when I have to tell constituents their question is actually tackle at the national level. This feeds the idea that politicians only ...
Our unfinished Constitution
After 220 years of the electoral college, it's time for Americans to elect their president directly
By David O. Stewart
May 25, 2007—AFTER 220 YEARS of faithful service, our Constitution needs repair. We mark the anniversary of the Philadelphia Convention on May 25, the date in 1787 when 29 delegates ...
One Person, One Vote, Really
by Jamie Raskin
May 1, 2007—Sometimes it is said that the president is the only leader in America that the whole nation elects. But this is wrong. The nation does not act as a nation in our presidential ...
Hawaii Lawmakers Pass National Popular Vote Legislation
A National Popular Vote for President Would Make a Vote Cast in Hawaii as Important as a Vote in New Hampshire and Ohio
By Dr. John R. Koza
April 16, 2007—The National Popular Vote bill, which was recently signed into law in Maryland and which recently passed the Hawaii House and Senate, would guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who ...
Other States Leading on National Popular Vote—How About California?
By Rob Richie and Ryan O'Donnell
April 4, 2007—Any poll will tell you that the vast majority of Americans favor electing the president by a national popular vote over our dysfunctional Electoral College system. This should ...
Making The Popular Vote A Winner
Rob Richie and Ryan O'Donnell
April 2, 2007—Any poll will tell you that the vast majority of Americans favor electing the president by a national popular vote over our dysfunctional Electoral College system. This should be ...
A better way to elect our presidents
By John Anderson
March 7, 2007—WASHINGTON—A little less than two years from today, the United States will inaugurate its 44th president. That’s not in doubt. The two open questions are, who will it be, and — perhaps more ...
A Fifty State Strategy Every Year
By Birch Bayh
February 17, 2007—Shortly after the 2004 elections, Chris Bowers of the progressive blog MyDD wrote an optimistic post titled "Fifty State Strategy." In the piece, he expressed relief that in 2006, ...
The Electoral College: A new approach to an increasingly serious problem
By Rob Richie and Ryan O'Donnell
February 28, 2006—Polls consistently show that a large majority of Americans favor electing the president through a national popular vote over our dysfunctional Electoral College. The current system ...
Bypassing the Electoral College
By Jim Wright
March 12, 2006—ohn B. Anderson is still as creative an advocate at 84 as he was when first elected to Congress in his 30s. The former House Republican Conference chairman and 1980 independent ...
