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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4013
4-(Senators Sickler, Erbele, Klein, Meyer)
5-(Representative Bahl)
6-A concurrent resolution to support the electoral college, denounce the National Popular Vote Interstate
7-Compact, and invite interested states to form the Electoral College Interstate Compact.
8-WHEREAS, the electoral college system respects states as the essential units in our federal
9-republic, protecting states' power and voice in presidential elections; and
10-WHEREAS, the electoral college system creates an appropriate balance between rural and urban
11-interests and ensures the winning candidate has support from multiple regions of the country; and
12-WHEREAS, the electoral college system ensures each state's electoral votes are awarded based
13-on how the state's citizens vote; and
1+25.3065.03000
2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Senators Sickler, Erbele, Klein, Meyer
7+Representative Bahl
8+A concurrent resolution to support the electoral college, denounce the National Popular Vote
9+Interstate Compact, and invite interested states to form the Electoral College Interstate
10+Compact.
11+WHEREAS, the electoral college system respects states as the essential units in our
12+federal republic, protecting states' power and voice in presidential elections; and
13+WHEREAS, the electoral college system creates an appropriate balance between rural and
14+urban interests and ensures the winning candidate has support from multiple regions of the
15+country; and
16+WHEREAS, the electoral college system ensures each state's electoral votes are awarded
17+based on how the state's citizens vote; and
1418 WHEREAS, the nation's founders' rejected a national popular vote for president and instead
1519 created the Electoral College; and
16-WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact diminishes the importance of individual
17-states in presidential elections, creates the potential for nationwide recounts, and opens the door to
18-greater federal control of elections; and
20+WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact diminishes the importance of
21+individual states in presidential elections, creates the potential for nationwide recounts, and
22+opens the door to greater federal control of elections; and
1923 WHEREAS, the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is doubtful
20-because it appears to violate the Compact Clause of the United States Constitution and the intent of the
21-electoral college clauses;
22-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE HOUSE
23-OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
24-That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly supports the Electoral College and believes the National
25-Popular Vote Interstate Compact may be unconstitutional; and
26-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , in response to the creation of the National Popular Vote Interstate
27-Compact, North Dakota and all other interested states should consider forming an Electoral College
28-Interstate Compact, which would prohibit requiring state electors to cast electoral college votes in
29-accordance with the national popular vote count for President and require the compact states to legally
30-challenge the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact; and
24+because it appears to violate the Compact Clause of the United States Constitution and the
25+intent of the electoral college clauses;
26+NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE
27+HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN:
28+That the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly supports the Electoral College and believes the
29+National Popular Vote Interstate Compact may be unconstitutional; and
30+BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , in response to the creation of the National Popular Vote
31+Interstate Compact, North Dakota and all other interested states should consider forming an
32+Electoral College Interstate Compact, which would prohibit requiring state electors to cast
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63+require the compact states to legally challenge the constitutionality of the National Popular Vote
64+Interstate Compact; and
3165 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , this state proposes forming the Electoral College Interstate
32-Compact when four other states declare intent to form the Electoral College Interstate Compact, at
33-which time the interested states shall take appropriate steps to organize and form the compact; and
34-BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution to the
35-Secretaries of State and majority and minority leaders in each legislative chamber in the states of
36-Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
37-Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North
38-Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West
39-Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. S.C.R. NO. 4013 - PAGE 2
40-____________________________ ____________________________
41-President of the Senate Speaker of the House
42-____________________________ ____________________________
43-Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House
44-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
45-at ________ o’clock ________M.
46-____________________________
47-Secretary of State
66+Compact when four other states declare intent to form the Electoral College Interstate Compact,
67+at which time the interested states shall take appropriate steps to organize and form the
68+compact; and
69+BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED , that the Secretary of State forward copies of this resolution
70+to the Secretaries of State and majority and minority leaders in each legislative chamber in the
71+states of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas,
72+Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
73+Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota,
74+Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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