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|quote="If there were credible allegations of voter intimidation or fraud in some other state, would you want it to be able to determine where your state's electoral vote went? Probably not. There would be an outcry, and we'd be back to where we are now. The Electoral College has been a mess almost since Day One, but to date, the reform proposals demonstrate only one certainty: There's no good way to fix it."
|quote="If there were credible allegations of voter intimidation or fraud in some other state, would you want it to be able to determine where your state's electoral vote went? Probably not. There would be an outcry, and we'd be back to where we are now. The Electoral College has been a mess almost since Day One, but to date, the reform proposals demonstrate only one certainty: There's no good way to fix it."
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{{Opinion|National Popular Vote Interstate Compact|Compact should be passed|against}}
{{opinion|National Popular Vote Interstate Compact|Compact should be passed|against}}

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Author(s) Ed Quillen
Source The Denver Post
Date April 13, 2007
URL http://www.denverpost.com/opinionheadlines/ci_5655087
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Quotes-start.png "If there were credible allegations of voter intimidation or fraud in some other state, would you want it to be able to determine where your state's electoral vote went? Probably not. There would be an outcry, and we'd be back to where we are now. The Electoral College has been a mess almost since Day One, but to date, the reform proposals demonstrate only one certainty: There's no good way to fix it." Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Compact should be passed on the topic National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.