The National Popular Vote Compact, which aims to elect the President based on the nationwide popular vote, is argued to be unconstitutional. The Article suggests that the Compact violates the U.S. Constitution's Presidential Elections Clause, which historically limits state authority in selecting presidential electors. The framers of the Constitution rejected direct popular election for President, and no state has ever appointed electors based on votes from outside the state. The only constitutional way to abolish the Electoral College is through a federal amendment, not an interstate compact.