A survey of 800 Michigan voters conducted on December 2-3, 2008 showed 73% overall support for a national popular vote for President.

Support was 73% among independents, 78% among Democrats, and 68% among Republicans.

By age, support was 77% among 18-29 year olds, 67% among 30-45 year olds, 74% among 46-65 year olds, and 75% for those older than 65.

By gender, support was 86% among women and 59% among men.

1. Don't monkey with the system unless it is a must. It's not needed here. How often is the popular vote relatively close? Often. How often does the person who loses the popular vote win? Rarely. Three times I believe. Hayes, Adams, and Bush the first time. That's it.

2. This gives urban areas much more power. It doesn't help rural populations.

3. Vote fraud. Chicago and Milwaukee affects the country instead of Illinois and Wisconsin.

4. Recounts. How will recounts be conducted under this. Instead of being confined to one state, it could go to hundreds of cities in fifty different states with fifty different rules under the NPV. It potentially creates a giant clustermuck with a capital "F".

5. Election rules. This will quasi-nationalize elections. Michigan is in the process of cleaning things up with elections with ID laws and such. If Ruth Johnson's reforms pass, what will happen nationally with the NPV? It's a quasi national system and will lead to quasi national election rules across the country. If this goes national, what happens with this? Are we going to be forced by SCOTUS to honor other state election laws in our own state with our own elections, and be forced to toss our election laws? While I can't prove it, I think Michigan that Michigan was stolen in 2004. I also know a high level republican who is IMO the most knowledgeable person in the state on elections issues. I won't name him, but he thinks Freeman Hendrix was the actual winner for Detroit mayor over Kwame. Now, from what I have heard -  Detroit since Janice Winfrey took office is actually doing much better with vote fraud issues and cleaning things up some. Detroit's been better.

I am happy to share information to get the word out to as many people as possible however Jason it would be nice when you use a word for word quote from my Newsletter and web site that you at least give a shout out thank you.

Grassroots in Michigan Newsletter Nov 3, 2011 01:03 AM

1. Do you know that the man behind NPV, John Koza, was an Al Gore elector in 2000 and is a major donor to far-left candidates and causes? Do you know that Koza has pledged at least $12 million to this effort and that he admitted to the New York Times that NPV is an "end run" around the Constitution?

2. NPV lobbyists claim that we've had four "wrong winner" elections. Do you believe that? Do you know the history of those four elections, including how the Electoral College stymied racist vote suppression in 1876 and blunted radical regionalism in 1888? If not, do you think perhaps you haven't really studied this enough to try to match wits with James Madison?

3. How do you feel about the far left paying former Republicans to lobby for an item that is part of the far left's political agenda?

4. Do you think NPV makes it more or less likely that the left succeeds in advancing their agenda to nationalize all election administration and further erode federalism?

5. Why do you think most of the actual support for NPV comes from the political left?

6. Do you realize that under NPV, every state would have to take every other state's word for it as to their election totals, with no oversight and no legal redress for election fraud?