In addition to 1,129 state legislative sponsors (shown above), 981 other legislators have cast recorded votes in favor of the National Popular Vote bill.
Tom Golisano
Entrepreneur Tom Golisano Endorses National Popular Vote
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee a majority of the Electoral College to the presidential candidate who receives the most popular votes in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill would reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote in the Electoral College reflects the choice of the nation's voters for President of the United States. more
9 Enactments
The National Popular Vote bill has been enacted into law in states possessing 132 electoral votes — 49% of the 270 electoral votes needed to activate the legislation.
Dr. John Koza debates Prof. Michael Uhlmann and Trent England
January 20, 2012 —
The Sutherland Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah hosted a forum involving Dr. John Koza, Chair of National Popular Vote, Claremont College Professor Michael Uhlmann, and Freedom Foundation vice-president of Policy Trent England. The event is moderated by Sutherland President Paul T. Mero. A description of the National Popular Vote plan by John Koza runs from 6:00 to 23:20 on the video.
Tom Tancredo Talks about Buying Electoral Votes and Policy Distortions Under Current System
January 19, 2012 —
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo was interviewed by Ben Howe at the Republican Southern Leadership Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Cong. Tancredo talks about the buying of electoral votes and policy distortions caused by the current winner-take-all system of electing the President, and his support for National Popular Vote.
Panel at RSLC on Reforming Electoral College to Reflect National Popular Vote
January 20, 2012 —
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Charleston, South Carolina hosted a panel discussions on
the merits of the National Popular Vote plan versus the current system. The panel included former Tennessee Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson, a champion of National Popular Vote; Tom Golisano, founder of PayChex; former California Senator and former ALEC chair Ray Haynes; John Samples of Cato Institute; Roger Villerie of Louisiana Republican Party; and Hans Von Spakovsky of Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
Dole Institute Debate on National Popular Vote Bill
Nov 7, 2011 —
Featuring Tara Ross (author of Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College) and Dr. John R. Koza (Chair of National Popular Vote lead author of Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote) moderated by Bill Lacey (Director of the Dole Institute).
Cato Institute debate on National Popular Vote Bill
July 8, 2010 —
Featuring Tara Ross (author of Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College) and Dr. John R. Koza (author of Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote) moderated by Roger Pilon (Vice President for Legal Affairs of the Cato Institute).
00:00-05:04 - Introduction by moderator Roger Pilon (5 minutes)
05:07-09:12 - Opening statement by John Koza (4 minutes)
11:02-23:13 - Opening statement by Tara Ross (12 minutes)
23:32-38:06 - Rebuttal by John Koza (15 minutes)
38:16-46:08 - Rebuttal by Tara Ross(8 minutes)
46:26-48:07 - Rebuttal by John Koza (2 minutes)
48:12-48:26 - Back and forth on one election, 51 different laws
49:00-51:35 - Q&A Duverger's law and two-party system
51:48-57:00 - Q&A on plurality winner
57:14-59:42 - John Samples (Cato Institute) statement and question
59:42-62:07 - Rebuttal
62:18-65:33 - Q&A on recounts
65:48-72:24 - Q&A on interstate ompacts and litigation.
72:44-74:56 - Q&A on rural votes and new coalitions
75:07-78:59 - Rob Richie and Tara Ross on 1992 Election and Geoerge Wallace
Caroline Fredrickson, Jamin Raskin, John R. Koza, John Samples, Alexander Belenky
November 17, 2009 — The American Constitution Society for Law and Policy and the Program on Law & Government at American University's Washington College of Law presented a debate entitled "Is America Ready for Popular Election of the President? A Debate on the National Popular Vote Movement." The debate featured
Moderator, Caroline Fredrickson, Executive Director, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Jamin Raskin, Director of the Law & Government Program, Washington College of Law; Maryland State Senator
John R. Koza, Chairman, National Popular Vote
John Samples, Director, CATO Institute's Center for Representative Government
Alexander Belenky, Visiting Scholar, MIT's Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals
Electoral College Reform: The National Popular Vote Plan for President
Hendrik Hertzberg, Chris Pearson Rob Richie, Brenda Wright
November 3, 2009 — "The promoters of a National Popular Vote, as they're calling themselves, have come up with an elegant finesse. Instead of trying to change the Constitution, they propose to apply it, one bit in particular: Article II, Section 1, which instructs each state to "appoint" its Presidential electors "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct." Here's how the plan would work. One by one, legislature by legislature, state law by state law, individual states would pledge themselves to an interstate compact under which they would agree to award their electoral votes to the nationwide winner of the popular vote. The compact would take effect only when enough states had joined it to elect a President-that is, enough to cast a majority of the five hundred and thirty-eight electoral votes. And then, presto! All of a sudden, the people of all fifty states plus the District of Columbia are empowered to elect their President the same way they elect their governors, mayors, senators, and congressmen. We still have the Electoral College, with its colorful eighteenth-century rituals, but it can no longer do any damage. It becomes a tourist attraction, like the British monarchy."
- Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker, February 27, 2006
The Electoral College system as we know it may soon change. Demos and FairVote are proud to present a forum with The New Yorker magazine's Hendrik Hertzberg, National Popular Vote's Chris Pearson and FairVote's Rob Richie to discuss the future of the National Popular Vote initiative.
May 23, 2009 — Hendrik Hertzberg discusses National Popular Vote at White Oak Convention Center
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Illinois Senator Kirk Dillard Interviewed about National Popular Vote
May 13, 2008 — Illinois Senator Kirk Dillard on National Popular Vote Illinois State Senator Kirk Dillard (former chair of the Du Page Country Republican Party) talks about National Popular Vote bill.
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C-SPAN
Cox Lecture on National Popular Vote on C-SPAN
January 22, 2008 — Common Cause President Bob Edgar moderated the Archibald Cox Lecture in New York City with panelists Hendrik Hertzberg of The New Yorker, Dr. John R. Koza (Chairman of National Popular Vote), and Massachusetts Common Cause Executive Director Pam Wilmot.
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Maryland Senator Jamie Raskin on C-SPAN Washington Journal
January 15, 2008 — Maryland Senator Jamie Raskin discussed National Popular Vote on C-SPAN Washington Journal
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CNN TV
A political dinosaur?
November 23, 2007 — CNN’s Jill Dougherty discusses National Popular Vote
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National Conference of State Legislatures Panel on the Electoral College & the Popular Vote
August 5, 2007—A panel discussion was held at the recent meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures on the movement to award the Presidency to the candidate winning the most votes in all 50 states. The panel was chaired by New Mexico Representative Edward Sandoval and included Dr. John R. Koza from National Popular Vote, Maryland Delegate Jon Cardin (Chair of the subcommittee that handled the recently enacted National Popular Vote bill in the Maryland House), and John Samples of The Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.
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CNN.com
Electoral College dropout
April 10, 2007—Maryland adopts a plan to bypass the Electoral College.
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July 30, 2006—Vermont State Representative Chris Pearson interviewed by Editorial Board of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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California Assembly Concurrence
AB 2948
August 30, 2006—SACRAMENTO—The California Assembly Concurrence of the National Popular Vote bill, AB 2948
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March 31, 2006—San Francisco—Mark Matthews interviews National Popular Vote President Barry Fadem and Dr. John R. Koza, originator of the plan
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Reform the Electoral College so that the electoral vote reflects the nationwide popular vote for President
