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AFPI Releases Issue Brief on The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and Its Negative Implications
This week, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released a new issue brief, The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances, under AFPI’s Election Integrity Initiative.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: No Checks, Just Imbalances
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is a multi-state agreement that would change how electoral votes are distributed in presidential elections (Ballotpedia, n.d.). The purpose is to effectively replace the Electoral College process defined in the U.S. Constitution with the national popular vote. Currently, electoral votes from any given state are determined by the popular vote of that state.
Bill Analysis: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
Since 2007, multiple states have passed legislation joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC), which would mandate that those member states deliver their electoral votes to whichever candidate won the national popular vote rather than distributing electoral votes according to the Electoral College.
AFPI Responds to Supreme Court Ruling on USPS Mail Ballot Safeguards
he America First Policy Institute (AFPI) applauds the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing the United States Postal Service (USPS) to continue preparing for implementation of a rule requiring ballot barcodes and other mail-ballot safeguards, reversing lower court action that had blocked the measures ahead of the midterms. The ruling comes days after USPS published the new rule partially implementing President Trump’s executive order on mail ballot security. The high court’s ruling is an important step toward ensuring the integrity of mail-in ballots, and AFPI has been engaged throughout this process, filing a public comment on the USPS rule, publishing a statement on that submission, and a commentary making the case for a secure ballot system.
AFPI Responds to Federal Ruling on Election Security
The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) today responded to U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's nationwide ruling in Boston blocking President Trump’s executive order directing the U.S. Postal Service to verify mail-ballot eligibility, in the latest example of judges substituting their own policy preferences for the ordinary process of agency rulemaking and judicial review.