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I can't wait for the day when this backfires on them.
That was one of my first thoughts, but if it passes, it probably won't because the sad fact is that the Democrat base is increasing and the number of rural residents are decreasing, if what I have read is true. The only hope for rural "flyover" states is to secede, and I would be in favor of that, even though it would be a major PITA and definitely have its downside. However, the sad fact is that, imo, we are already like two countries, instead of just one, in many ways.
The NPVIC in essence exploits a loophole probably unforeseen by the framers, namely that the states have the freedom to determine how their electoral votes are to be apportioned. But the intent of the NPVIC is to circumvent the EC, which is explicitly written into the constitution.
If passed it would go to the SCOTUS and not survive, especially given the current make-up of the SCOTUS. As Atltech points out, it would probably not even come to that due to the compact clause
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Article I, Section 10, Clause 3, of the U.S. Constitution, which states, "No State shall, without the consent of Congress … enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State."
I can't fathom why so many spend so much time on this when we have the opioid crisis, a bellicose Iran, and so much else to worry about. Anyway, only about 5 times in about 230 years, (about 57 election cycles), has the loser of the popular vote won the presidency.
This vote will not matter, as a federal court has already ruled that such actions as requiring electors to award their votes based on the popular vote is not legal.
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