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AFAIK, there is no such thing as the “national popular vote”. How is it calculated? Who certifies it?

[Nervous Tick]

>> AFAIK, there is no such thing as the “national popular vote”. How is it calculated?

They handle that at the NPR newsdesk on election night. Like the constipated mathematician, they “work it out with a pencil”.

>> Who certifies it?

CNN. So you KNOW it’s done right.