AMERICARENEWING (CRA Staff) - The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: A Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite the Constitution Without Amending It
The NPVIC would be the type of interstate compact requiring congressional consent, and Congress can act now by expressly denying consent to the compact through ordinary legislation. The post The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: A Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite the Constitution Without Amending It appeared first on The Center for Renewing America .
Why Congress Should Act Before It Is Too Late For decades, efforts to abolish the Electoral College have failed because the Constitution requires a constitutional amendment to fundamentally change the method of electing the president. Rather than pursue Article V, supporters have adopted a different strategy: the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). The compact requires participating states to award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of how their own citizens voted. Once states totaling 270 electoral votes join, the compact takes effect automatically, effectively replacing the Electoral College with a national popular vote without changing a single word of the Constitution.…Open
AI:The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) represents a calculated, backdoor maneuver designed to bypass the Article V amendment process and effectively dismantle the Electoral College. This radical scheme attempts to rewrite the foundational structure of our Republic through mere interstate agreements rather than following constitutional mandates. By forcing states to award electoral votes based on a national popular tally, these activists seek to subvert the will of individual states. Congress has the immediate authority to stop this unconstitutional power grab by passing ordinary legislation to expressly deny consent to the compact, preventing a total systemic overhaul driven by those who refuse to play by the rules.Open