In 2006, the computer science professor John Koza wrote a book called "Every Vote Equal". The book argues for a National Popular Vote agreement between states. (Koza knew about agreements between states from his work on lottery tickets.) Koza, Barry Fadem, and others made a non-profit organization called National Popular Vote. This organization promotes the NPVIC. It is led by people from both major political parties, including former Senators Jake Garn, Birch Bayh, and David Durenberger, and former Representatives John Anderson, John Buchanan, and Tom Campbell.
In 2006, legislatures in six states looked at NPVIC bills. Illinois even introduced a bill before National Popular Vote announced it at a press conference. That year, the Colorado Senate approved the bill. Both houses of the California legislature approved the bill, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped it with a veto.
In 2007, 42 states looked at bills to join the NPVIC. One house of the legislature approved bills in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Maryland, and Hawaii. Maryland was the first state to join the agreement. Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed the agreement into law on April 10, 2007.
Eleven states and the District of Columbia have joined the agreement. In Colorado, both houses of the legislature have approved the bill, and it is waiting for Governor Jared Polis to sign it.
All 50 states have looked at bills to join the NPVIC. In some states, only one house has approved the agreement: Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Oregon. In New Mexico, the agreement was approved by both houses, but in different years. Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington had bills to leave the agreement, but these failed.
The U.S. Congress can stop laws in the District of Columbia within 30 working days, but they did not do this.
Some states allow laws to be made with a direct vote by the public, called an "initiative" or a "referendum". First, supporters must get a certain number of people to sign their names. Then, the question can be given to the voters. In 2018, groups in Arizona, Maine, and Missouri worked on initiatives to join the agreement, but these did not get enough people to sign.
Nate Silver, who studies elections, says that the NPVIC cannot succeed without support from "red" states (states that mostly vote for Republicans). So far, only "blue" states have joined (states that mostly vote for Democrats). However, legislatures controlled by Republicans have agreed to join the agreement in Arizona, Oklahoma, and New York.
Palamedes
Palamedes may refer to:
Palamedes (video game)
Palamedes is a puzzle game requiring the player to match the dice they are holding to the dice at the top of the screen. Using the "B" button, the player can change the number on his/her dice, then throw the dice using the "A" button when it matches the dice at the top of the screen, which wipes the target dice off the screen. The player can play in "solitaire" mode against the computer or another player, or "tournament" mode against AI opponents. There are six sides and numbers on the dice, making an attempt to match all the numbers on the screen and eliminating them as a challenge.
Ports of the game were published for the NES, MSX, FM-Towns and Game Boy by HOT-B. The Japan-only sequel, "Palamedes 2: Star Twinkles", was released in 1991 for the NES by HOT-B. It featured most of the same basic gameplay elements as the original but with the play field scrolling in the opposite direction.
On release, "Famitsu" magazine scored the Game Boy version of the game a 22 out of 40.
Wallis and Futuna national football team
Wallis and Futuna national football team is the national football team of Wallis and Futuna.
Monaco national football team
Monaco national football team is the national football team of Monaco.
List of entries in the Eurovision Song Contest
This is a list of all the artists and songs that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest semi-finals and grand finals from 1956 to 2021.
This list presents all the cases when a country withdrew or was disqualified from the contest.
This list presents versions of the entries recorded in the official languages that were not used in the contest performance of the represented country.
Women in the American Revolution
Women had many roles in the American Revolution.
Some were "Camp followers" equivalent to Military service Units (food, nursing, repairing clothing, etc). Many helped organize boycotts of British goods.
Others took a more active role:
Hugo Guerra
Hugo Romeo Guerra Cabrera (25 February 1966 – 11 May 2018) was a Uruguayan football player. He was born in Canelones, Uruguay.
Guerra played for Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, Huracán, Boca Juniors and Ferro Carril Oeste in the Primera División de Argentina.
Guerra died from cardiac arrest on 11 May 2018 at the age of 52.
Guaviare Department
Guaviare () is a department of Colombia. It is in the southern central region of the country. The capital is San José del Guaviare.
Santa Fe High School shooting
A gunman opened fire at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, on May 18, 2018. The attack left ten people dead (eight students and two teachers). At least 13 people from the shooting were treated at Texas hospitals, including eight students. Six of the eight students have already been discharged.
Police identified the alleged shooter as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who was taken into custody. A second person, an unidentified 18-year-old, was also taken into custody.
President Donald Trump expressed his thoughts in a press conference shortly following the shootings, and promised action from his administration.
Santa Fe, Texas
Santa Fe () is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The population of Santa Fe at the 2010 census was 12,222.
Razia Sultan
Razia Sultan is an Indian historical television Soap Opera drama.
The show tells story of the first Indian women sultana of Delhi Razia Sultana.
The was produced by Swastik Pictures.
The show was shown on television from 2 March 2015 to 23 October 2015.
During the 13th century, Iltutmish, the sultan of Delhi, appoint his daughter Razia as the head of the state.
Razia Sultana fought oppositions from conformists in establishing a flourishing kingdom.
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (ukrainian Вшьшекшо Щмесрфкщм; born 2 September 1988 in Kiev) is a German table tennis player, who comes from the Ukraine.