25.3065.03000
Sixty-ninth
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Sickler, Erbele, Klein, Meyer
Representative Bahl
A concurrent resolution to support the electoral college, denounce the National Popular Vote
Interstate Compact, and invite interested states to form the Electoral College Interstate
Compact.
WHEREAS, the electoral college system respects states as the essential units in our
federal republic, protecting states' power and voice in presidential elections; and
WHEREAS, the electoral college system creates an appropriate balance between rural and
urban interests and ensures the winning candidate has support from multiple regions of the
country; and
WHEREAS, the electoral college system ensures each state's electoral votes are awarded
based on how the state's citizens vote; and
WHEREAS, the nation's founders' rejected a national popular vote for president and instead
created the Electoral College; and
WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact diminishes the importance of
individual states in presidential elections, creates the potential for nationwide recounts, and
opens the door to greater federal control of elections; and
WHEREAS, the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is doubtful
because it appears to violate the Compact Clause of the United States Constitution and the
intent of the electoral college clauses;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly supports the Electoral College and believes the
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact may be unconstitutional; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , in response to the creation of the National Popular Vote
Interstate Compact, North Dakota and all other interested states should consider forming an
Electoral College Interstate Compact, which would prohibit requiring state electors to cast
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electoral college votes in accordance with the national popular vote count for President and
require the compact states to legally challenge the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote
Interstate Compact; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , this state proposes forming the Electoral College Interstate
Compact when four other states declare intent to form the Electoral College Interstate Compact,
at which time the interested states shall take appropriate steps to organize and form the
compact; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution
to the Secretaries of State and majority and minority leaders in each legislative chamber in the
states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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