Archive for the National Popular Vote Category

TRAINING, PRESENTATIONS, ADVOCACY HAVE BEGUN By Daniel Lishansky, NPV Chair  The National Popular Vote committee is moving ahead with training of our members, arranging for presentations, and contacting legislators to educate them about the National Popular Vote and encouraging them to co-sponsor the interstate compact at their next session. Two presentations were scheduled for the beginning of July. One for our League’s Voter Rights Coalition as part of its regular meeting (July 6), and one for the League of Women Voters of the Space Coast (July 13). The Space Coast League has not had a National Popular Vote Committee and is hoping that exposure to the presentation will encourage participation. We also have four new training videos about the National Popular Vote. While two are more in-depth than most people are looking for, the other two focus on important and little-known aspects of national campaigns. They are each less than

NPV COMMITTEE GATHERS AT LWVFL CONVENTION By Daniel Lishansky, NPV Chair  I want to start with a big congratulations to Debbie Chandler on her election as co-president of the Florida League, and congratulations to Kelly Williams on her election as a director! I thoroughly enjoyed the convention, including spending time with Palm Beach County League members and meeting people from around the state whom I had previously seen only on Zoom. Our committee has had a very busy and successful month. Minnesota passed the National Popular Vote on May 26, bringing the NPV electoral total to 205. Michigan is working hard to be the next state to pass it, and that will bring the count to 220. Some of our Palm Beach County members are helping with phone banking to Michigan leaders. Republicans and Conservatives there are joining with Democrats to get the NPV passed. It really is a non-partisan

DID YOU KNOW? Only 20 percent of the population decides the presidency. By Dan Lishansky, NPV Committee Chair for Palm Beach County If you are curious about the National Popular Vote campaign and the Electoral College, here is a link to a 2½-minute video that the Palm Beach County League’s National Popular Vote Committee created and posted on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WfzSaBUqs_w. We encourage you to share it with all your friends, especially those not already in the League. And please click on the “thumbs up” button under the video. Your comments on it are welcome and can be sent to NPV@LWVPBC.org. The NPV Committee held a meeting and training session on April 18 at the Hagen Ranch Road Library in Delray Beach. There was an excellent turnout, and members got to see a new training presentation about NPV.  A big thanks to all the members who attended, with a special thanks to LWV

By Dan Lishansky, National Popular Vote chair for Palm Beach County The National Popular Vote committee has been very busy. Kathleen Crampton, chair of Floridians for National Popular Vote, is happy to announce that Dan Lishansky will take over from Cynthia Archbold as chair of the Palm Beach County chapter. A big thank you to Cynthia for her hard work and leadership. Tom St. Onge will now be vice chair of the chapter. There was an excellent response to the National Popular Vote committee at the January Listen-Learn-Love the League forum. Introductory meetings with new committee members have been held via Zoom. The first live meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 18, at 6 p.m. at the Hagen Ranch Road branch of the Palm Beach County Library in Delray Beach. Dan Lishansky will present current information and issues related to the National Popular Vote. This will be the first in

WHAT JUST HAPPENED — AND A NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE UPDATE By Shirley Arcuri, NPV Co-chair, LWV Hillsborough County As Americans, we can be extremely proud of a record turnout in a midterm election. We are still nearly split into two distinctive factions, but democracy prevailed because (1) centrist Americans came out in droves to defeat extremists; (2) Americans know a lie when they hear it; and (3) even under economic pressure, Americans supported democratic principles over their own wallets. With democracy on the ballot, millions used their vote to affirm their belief in our democratic system of one person, one vote. While many election deniers won congressional seats, Democrats held the Senate majority and the Republicans won a slim lead in the House of Representatives. Secretary of State positions stayed in the hands of moderates. These offices are critical when ensuring that voting and vote-counting are conducted in accordance with