re: Maine joins unConstitutional National Popular Vote states

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I don't know if it violates the Constitution because states have a lot of leeway in how they appoint their electors.

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Not enough leeway to send their electors based on how other states voted

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OK

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Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

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Please show us that limiting language in the Constitution,

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Send electors based on how the citizens of a SINGLE state voted

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Read carefully here. The Constitution does NOT mandate that EC delegates by selected by a vote or election. The state legislature could pick ANY means it wants for assigning its Electors, including lottery, rolling dice or throwing darts at a wall. Louisiana could pass a law saying "our Electors must vote however the Texas Electors vote."

FTR, I don't LIKE the "National Popular Vote" movement/statutes, but I acknowledge that it IS a clever attempt to bypass both the EC and the Interstate Compact provisions of the Constitution.