Sample Language You Can Use to Communicate with State Lawmakers

The NPV is a Collusion Contract among a minority of States that, as a matter of function, converts the United States from a federation of sovereign States to the very type of democracy our Founders warned about.

Ed. Note:  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact's highly-paid lobbyists sales team always points out that, "We are PRESERVING the Electoral College". (That point is hogwash as a practical matter, #1 because the EC is an integral part of the Constitution and our Federal design and the NPV lobbyists are HEMMED IN by the EC!, and #2, because the very purpose of the NPV scheme is to erase the role that individual STATES play in choosing the CEO of the U.S. Federation and have the political factions control who is elected in the very democracy that our Founders designed the federal goverment to NOT be!)

The NPV works to Gut the Function of the Electoral College

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a bill to emasculate the Electoral College, and
all its state election safeguards. It has been pushed since 2007 and funded by out-of-state deep
pockets. It comes to you with a 16-178 win-loss record in State legislatures since 2006, including Michigan.

Most lawmakers understand that the decisions of their State and its voters must not be
outsourced. 

What the NPV Does Not Address

Here’s what NPV backers have never addressed: What impact would the Compact have on
America’s OVERALL election outcomes? What trends would it allow for? Lawmakers have an
obligation to answer these questions and take responsibility for it. Keep in mind, they have
taken an oath to uphold the Constitution; Compact backers have not.

The Electoral College requires presidential candidates to win support from multiple regions of
the country. It safeguards EVERY state’s election standards AND protects the state’s process
against any irregularities that occur in another state.

In contrast, what Compact backers push is their message that they make “every vote equal...”  But they can’t put that into any practical context, because one doesn’t exist.

Since NPV has no national precedent, backers are free to paint a utopian picture with no downside.

US history tells another story. It reveals clues about the path and direction the Compact would
ultimately take us. In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln received less than 40 percent of the
popular vote. That’s because the GOP was one of FOUR parties who fielded presidential
candidates. The Electoral College delivered a clear electoral winner in 1860 and every election
before or since. (And since 1904 we have seen the election of an EQUAL number of democrats
and republicans.)

The Electoral College is a Major Structural Component of Federalism

But the Compact removes the structure that provides the clarity. NOTHING would block a race
in which, like 1860, multiple candidates fracture the popular general election vote. Then, guess
what: a handful of major metropolitan areas would elect the eventual winner, even if it’s by a
plurality. Many of us believe this is the hidden intent of those who push the Compact. After all,
with a plurality of support a winning candidate could push through the most radical of policies.

Are you comfortable with lawmakers signing on to such a future, to obligate you and your state
to relinquish all electoral agency and a distinct place at the table? NPV lobbyists with their six-
figure incomes are salivating over what states like yours could do for THEM. But if
lawmakers cave to the Compact, those out-of-staters will ride off into the sunset and
never look back.

​Citizens, please put this into greater perspective and tell your
lawmakers to vote NO on any bill that upends our system in the name of utopian equity.

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