http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/11/maryland-sidesteps-the-constitution/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/11/maryland-sidesteps-the-constitution/#comment-25297 John Koza Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:14:36 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/11/maryland-sidesteps-the-constitution/#comment-25297 There is indeed an “official accounting of the national popular vote Current federal law (Title 3, chapter 1, section 6 of the United States Code) requires the states to report the November popular vote numbers (the “canvas”) in what is called a “Certificate of Ascertainment.” You can see the Certificates of Ascertainment for all 50 states and the District of Columbia containing the official count of the popular vote at the NARA web site.

]]> http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/11/maryland-sidesteps-the-constitution/#comment-25274 Richard Winger Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:11:14 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/11/maryland-sidesteps-the-constitution/#comment-25274 The federal government already does its own official tally of the national popular vote. The FEC must do this tally, to know which parties are eligible for presidential public funding. Two separate agencies of the federal government compile the national popular vote, the Clerk of the US House of Representatives, and the FEC.

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