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'''National Popular Vote''' (NPV) is an initiative in 2007 to change state laws in order to guarantee that the winner of the popular vote nationwide will be given a majority of the [[Electoral College]] votes, and thereby become [[President]] even if the candidate did not win the Electoral College as traditionally tabulated.<ref>http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/index.php</ref>
'''National Popular Vote''' (NPV) is an initiative in 2007 to change state laws in order to guarantee that the winner of the popular vote nationwide will be given a majority of the [[Electoral College]] votes, and thereby become [[President]] even if the candidate did not win the Electoral College as traditionally tabulated.<ref>http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/index.php</ref>
This NPV would subject the entire Nation to the election laws -- and election fraud -- in [[liberal]] states like [[California]] and [[Illinois]]. The NPV would marginalize the influence of most states in presidential elections, instead turning control of the country over to large cities.
This NPV would subject the entire Nation to the election laws -- and election fraud -- in [[liberal]] states like [[California]] and [[Illinois]]. The NPV would marginalize the influence of most states in presidential elections, instead turning control of the country over to large cities, and would circumvent the [[Twelfth Amendment]]<ref>[http://freedomoutpost.com/2016/02/trashing-the-12th-amendment-with-the-national-popular-vote/ Trashing the 12th Amendment with the National Popular Vote]</ref> as well as the safeguards provided by the [[Electoral College]].
This state-by-state effort to circumvent the traditional operation of the Electoral College results from a recognition that there is insufficient support for amending the [[U.S. Constitution]] to attain the same result.
This state-by-state effort to circumvent the traditional operation of the Electoral College results from a recognition that there is insufficient support for amending the [[U.S. Constitution]] to attain the same result.