On AlterNet: national popular vote

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Why the Right Wing Is Petrified of Letting Voters, Instead of the Electoral College, Pick Presidents

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. February 7, 2012.

A movement to reform the Electoral College and elect the president based on the national popular vote has half the states it needs.

Robert Novak is Flat Wrong: Obama's Mandate

Brian Normoyle, Huffington Post. November 6, 2008.

Bob Novak doesn't think the vote totals, reshaped electoral map, and switching of traditionally red states constitute a "mandate."

Americans Disenfranchised Again

Tad Daley, AlterNet. June 23, 2008.

No instant run-off voting? No national popular vote? And this is democracy?

Flunk the Electoral College: Getting Rid of the Exploding Cigar of American Politics

Michael Waldman, Brennan Center for Justice. June 12, 2008.

The Electoral College is an affront to basic democracy, warping competition and subverting political equality -- even when it works.

The Path to a National Popular Vote

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. December 28, 2007.

If you don't live in a "battleground" like Florida or Ohio whose statewide vote is perpetually up for grabs, you are ignored.

The Pro-Democracy Wildfire in America's States

David Sirota, April 6, 2007.

As Washington and Wall Street elites happily try to choke the life out of democracy, states are fighting back on three fronts.