The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Is Unconstitutional.. And Worse

You have probably heard of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVC). This is legislation now signed by 15 states and DC which institutes an agreement whereby electoral votes will be allotted to the national popular vote winner, no matter who wins the popular vote in a given state. It would be used to garner the necessary 270 electoral college votes to win an election.

First, this is unconstitutional. It strips any validity from the popular vote at all in any state where the winner of the popular vote is anyone with a lesser number of votes.

Second, it could be withdrawn from at any point by any state. It is primarily being implemented by Democrat-leaning states. Not one state which Trump won in 2016 has signed onto the NPVC. While the NPVC stipulates that any signatory states may withdraw after July 20th of a national election year, under article 2 of the Constitution, a state may change the method of tabulating electoral votes at any point before the electoral college votes. Even after the national popular vote in November. Thus, if the winner of the national popular vote were Republican, a blue state could withdraw to allot their electoral votes as the state legislature chooses to defeat the Republican popular vote winner.

Partisan squabbling. Since 2016, we have been hearing the discussion about eliminating the electoral college. That discussion is only among Democrats and is not the least bit for altruistic reasons…