In a virtual event hosted by the Institute for Policy Innovation on November 19, 2020, Trent England, founder and executive director of Save Our States explains the importance of the Electoral College and the dangers of the National Popular Vote initiative.
In this discussion he reminds us that the American founders rejected a national popular vote and instead created the Electoral College. This state-by-state election process forces politicians to attract broad, national support, keeps states in charge of elections (preventing presidents from controlling their own reelections), and limits disputes within the states where they arise. But today, a campaign called the National Popular Vote (NPV) threatens to destabilize our election process and increase the risk from fraud and disputes.
Trent England is a producer of the feature-length documentary “Safeguard: An Electoral College Story,” available on Amazon.