Saturday, October 22, 2011

The National Popular Vote Plan is an initiative to effectively abolish the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment.

Here is what would happen with an National Popular Vote Compact that hands all the needed 270 Electoral Votes to the national popular vote winner: Those states with larger populations – especially those with heavily populated big cities will pick the President. Period. - New Zeal

Here is a summary of why the National Popular Vote Presidency is a really bad idea. - Upstate Voice

A major push to circumvent our constitutional method of electing a president is currently being efforted by the 501(c) organization National Popular Vote Inc., a George Soros funded who’s who of the progressive left. With the recent addition of California to the list, nine states have now signed into law a bill that awards all of the state’s electoral college votes to the winner of the “national” popular vote for president.
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If you want further information on Preserving the Electoral College, the Heritage Foundation is sponsoring an Event on this issue on Friday afternoon, October 28. See details here.


National Popular Vote -- Electoral college reform and direct election of the President of the United States.
California Is 9th State to Enact National Popular Vote Bill
Bill now has 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed