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This concurrent resolution supports the electoral college system and opposes the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) by affirming several key principles. The resolution argues that the electoral college respects states' rights, creates a balanced representation between rural and urban areas, and ensures that electoral votes are awarded based on each state's popular vote. It characterizes the NPVIC as potentially unconstitutional and potentially diminishing individual states' importance in presidential elections. The resolution proposes creating an alternative Electoral College Interstate Compact that would prohibit states from binding electors to the national popular vote and commits to legally challenging the NPVIC. Specifically, North Dakota is willing to form this new compact if at least four other states express interest, and the resolution instructs the Secretary of State to forward the resolution to Secretaries of State and legislative leaders in 31 specified states, primarily in the Midwest, South, and Mountain West regions. The underlying goal is to preserve the current electoral college system and prevent what the resolution views as potential federal overreach in presidential election procedures.

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