Was the request that electoral college members change their votes for the 2016 Presidential election legal/Constitutional?       yes       no       no opinion

   
  The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.
  -Donald J. Trump, 11-6-2012
  
  'The compact is designed to ensure that the candidate who receives the most votes nationwide is elected president, and it would come into effect only when it would guarantee that outcome. Introduced in 2006, as of August 2023 it has been adopted by sixteen states and the District of Columbia.'
  -National Popular Vote Interstate Compact--Wikipedia
  
  '[NPVIC] is a compact of a political nature that encroaches upon the power of non-member states, does not allow for signatories to withdraw at will, and gives its member states far more power than they would have had in its absence.'
  -Alexandra Orbuch, Princeton Legal Journal