…because HB 1095, the bill to make Louisiana join the National Popular Vote Compact passed out of the House & Governmental Affairs Committee last Wednesday. It did so because two Republicans on that committee, Johnny Berthelot and Taylor Barras, both of whom were Democrats until a year or two ago, joined with the Democrat members of the committee to defeat a motion to defer the bill.

The Senate bill, SB 705, was killed in committee on that same day.

Now the bill will go to the House floor for debate and a vote. It has zero chance of becoming law, mind you, as the Jindal administration says it opposes the bill and will certainly veto it.

The question is whether a Republican-majority House of Representatives will fail to kill a bill being pushed by several big-money progressives, including and most notably its inventor, a Silicon Valley computer scientist and medical doctor named John Koza – who made his money off having invented lottery scratch-off tickets and who claims to be non-partisan. Except here’s Koza’s record of donating to political campaigns; you can decide whether you believe no ideological agenda is involved…

KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./EXECUTIVE	10/22/02	$5,000	Citizen Soldier Fund (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./EXECUTIVE	12/18/01	$5,000	PAC to the Future (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./EXECUTIVE	6/18/02	$5,000	PAC to the Future (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./EXECUTIVE	10/16/02	$5,000	Team Majority (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	7/14/93	$2,500	DNC Services Corp
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	4/7/06	$2,100	Brown, Sherrod (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	4/7/06	$2,100	Brown, Sherrod (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	8/15/06	$2,100	Webb, James (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLINIUM/PRESIDENT	1/6/06	$2,100	Sanders, Bernie (I)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM INC/PRESIDENT	9/2/05	$2,100	Stabenow, Debbie (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM INC/PRESIDENT	9/2/05	$2,100	Stabenow, Debbie (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING/PRESIDENT	11/3/05	$2,000	Nelson, Ben (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	1/20/04	$2,000	Edwards, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	3/21/03	$2,000	Reid, Harry (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	3/21/03	$2,000	Reid, Harry (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLINEUM VENTURE	6/3/03	$2,000	Daschle, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		11/7/03	$2,000	Clark, Wesley (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./EXECUTIVE	6/19/02	$2,000	Norris, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING	3/31/00	$1,000	Nelson, Ben (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		12/23/99	$1,000	Keenan, Nancy (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	9/27/00	$1,000	Pelosi, Nancy (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	7/19/00	$1,000	Schweitzer, Brian David (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	9/3/99	$1,000	Kerrey, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	12/23/99	$1,000	Schweitzer, Brian David (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	8/29/02	$1,000	Johnson, Tim (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	10/4/02	$1,000	Cleland, Max (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	10/8/02	$1,000	Pryor, Mark (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	5/16/02	$1,000	Pingree, Chellie (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILL,CA 94023	THIRD MILLINEUM VENTURE	8/12/02	$1,000	Daschle, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM INC	10/19/96	$1,000	Karpan, Kathy (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM INC	10/18/96	$1,000	Johnson, Tim (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURES	10/10/92	$1,000	Rothman-Serot, Geri (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/19/96	$1,000	Wellstone, Paul (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	STANFORD UNIVERSITY	10/21/96	$1,000	Brennan, Joseph E (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	9/5/95	$1,000	Levin, Carl (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM INC	6/2/97	$1,000	Reid, Harry (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE	10/21/96	$1,000	Bruggere, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		12/23/99	$1,000	Keenan, Nancy (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,DC 94023	DOCTOR	12/28/89	$1,000	Muenster, Theodore R (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	DOCTOR	12/28/89	$1,000	Harkin, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	MEDICAL INDUSTRIES	12/30/89	$1,000	Hill, Baron (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/13/92	$1,000	Stallings, Richard H (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILL,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	10/15/90	$1,000	Pell, Claiborne (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILL VC	11/4/91	$1,000	Lonsdale, Harold K (I)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	8/10/92	$1,000	Braun, Carol Moseley (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURES	9/22/92	$1,000	Feingold, Russell D (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENIUM INC	10/21/96	$1,000	Swett, Dick (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENNIUM VENT	1/28/98	$1,000	Kerrey, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	MEDICAL INDUSTRIES	6/30/91	$1,000	Hill, Baron (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC/SELF	1/28/04	$1,000	Chandler, Ben (D)

And more…

KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLINEUM VENTURE	6/3/03	$1,000	Daschle, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM ON-LINE PRODUCTS I	5/20/04	$1,000	Tenenbaum, Inez (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	12/10/03	$1,000	Feingold, Russ (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	6/17/06	$1,000	Bean, Melissa (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	6/20/06	$1,000	Duckworth, Tammy (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	6/5/05	$1,000	Lieberman, Joe (I)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94022	THIRD MILLENIUM	10/25/91	$750	Lempert, Ted (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/SELF	8/30/06	$600	Murphy, Chris (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	RETIRED	5/20/98	$500	Lamm, Dorothy V (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THE MILENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL LTD	9/28/98	$500	Kelley, Elizabeth (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	9/29/00	$500	Lawrence, Mark W (D)

Still more…

KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94022	THIRD MILLENIUM	5/2/91	$250	Lempert, Ted (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94022	THIRD MILLENIUM	11/15/90	$250	Lempert, Ted (D)
KOZA, JOHN ,		5/2/91	$250	Lempert, Ted (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		6/29/91	$250	DNC/Non-Federal Individual
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTO,CA 94023		8/23/93	$-108	Lempert, Ted (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		3/1/00	$-1,000	Kerrey, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILL,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	9/11/90	$-1,000	Pell, Claiborne (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		6/30/02	$-1,000	Norris, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		10/29/02	$-5,000	Team Majority (D)
KOZA, JOHN LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		10/2/97	$-20,000	DNC Services Corp
KOZA, JOHN DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	4/24/91	$20,000	DNC Services Corp
KOZA, JOHN DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		11/18/92	$-2,250	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
KOZA, JOHN MD LOS ALTOS,RI 94023	PHYSICIAN	12/18/89	$1,000	Pell, Claiborne (D)
KOZA, JOHN P MR LOS ALTOS,NY 94023	EXECUTIVE	12/29/89	$1,000	Levin, Carl (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	10/2/95	$75,000	DNC/Non-Federal Unincorporated Assn Acct
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	7/11/00	$50,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	6/13/05	$26,700	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	4/18/05	$25,000	Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	6/22/01	$25,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		11/19/93	$25,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94022		5/8/98	$25,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		6/6/01	$25,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 7 (D)
KOZA, JOHN R PALO ALTO,CA 94305		4/11/00	$25,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 7 (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	6/15/01	$25,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Unicorp Assoc (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	5/31/02	$25,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Unicorp Assoc (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		12/13/99	$20,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 7 (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		6/30/00	$20,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Unicorp Assoc (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	6/13/96	$20,000	DNC Services Corp
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	3/25/97	$20,000	California Victory ’98/DSCC Fund
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	3/19/03	$19,166	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	12/14/99	$13,000	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE	3/30/99	$12,500	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5 (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	9/29/00	$10,000	DNC Services Corp (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MELLENIUM VENTURE CAPITOL	11/3/00	$10,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5 (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		9/18/98	$10,000	DSCC/Non-Federal Unicorp Assoc
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		6/16/98	$5,000	DCCC/Non-Federal Account 5
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		6/13/96	$5,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	3/23/01	$5,000	PAC for a Change (D)

We’re just getting warmed up…

KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	3/4/98	$5,000	Effective Government Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITOL	6/30/97	$5,000	Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R ,	PRESIDENTC GAMES INTERNATIONAL	9/21/92	$5,000	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTL	11/22/93	$5,000	Democratic Senatorial Campaign Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	2/8/99	$5,000	PAC for a Change (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	2/25/00	$5,000	PAC for a Change (D)
KOZA, JOHN R STANFORD,CA 94309	THIRD MILLENNIUM ON-LINE PRODUCTS/P	5/19/04	$5,000	Victory Campaign 2004
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	2/1/05	$5,000	PAC for a Change (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITOL	9/24/91	$4,000	Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	10/2/05	$2,500	Democratic Party of Arizona (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	5/23/05	$2,100	Clinton, Hillary (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	5/23/05	$2,100	Clinton, Hillary (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	7/26/05	$2,100	Sanders, Bernie (I)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	7/26/05	$2,100	Sanders, Bernie (I)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITAL/PRE	6/2/06	$2,100	Technet
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94022	THIRD MILLENIUM	3/31/05	$2,000	Carper, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	6/16/03	$2,000	Dorgan, Byron L (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC/PRESIDENT	3/14/03	$2,000	Gephardt, Richard A (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC/PRESIDENT	6/20/03	$2,000	Graham, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITAL/PRE	3/12/03	$2,000	Kerry, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMING/PRESIDENT	3/14/03	$2,000	Lieberman, Joe (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	STANFORD UNIVERSITY/PROFESSOR	2/25/03	$2,000	Dean, Howard (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL LT	12/6/89	$2,000	Democratic State Central Cmte/California
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	1/12/90	$1,000	Bradley, Bill (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	12/31/89	$1,000	Kerry, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		6/1/92	$1,000	Yeakel, Lynn Hardy (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		9/24/96	$1,000	Tauscher, Ellen (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		1/27/92	$1,000	Kerrey, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/12/92	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		6/29/90	$1,000	Akaka, Daniel K (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		9/25/90	$1,000	Johnston, J Bennett (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/18/90	$1,000	North Carolina Democratic Victory Fund
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94022		10/15/90	$1,000	Lonsdale, Harold K (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	SELF-EMPLOYED/PHYISICIAN	3/22/01	$1,000	Sherman, Brad (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	SELF-EMPLOYED/PHYISICIAN	6/26/01	$1,000	Sherman, Brad (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	5/30/02	$1,000	Bradbury, Bill (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	1/28/02	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	1/28/02	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	7/10/02	$1,000	Kirk, Ron (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	10/7/02	$1,000	Strickland, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	10/1/98	$1,000	Sanchez, Loretta (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	3/24/97	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM CAPITAL	8/2/90	$1,000	Davis, Gray (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	5/31/91	$1,000	Wirth, Timothy E (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	8/29/91	$1,000	Democratic State Central Cmte/California
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	10/5/98	$1,000	Dunn, Sandie (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM	4/26/91	$1,000	Graham, Bob (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMER INC	5/11/00	$1,000	Schiff, Adam (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING	3/26/02	$1,000	Wellstone, Paul (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING	3/26/02	$1,000	Wellstone, Paul (D)

There’s more…

KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING	9/28/02	$1,000	Shaheen, Jeanne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THE THIRD MILLINEUM	4/25/91	$1,000	Breaux, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LAS VEGAS,NV 89109	THIRD MELLENNIUN VENTURE CAPITAL	4/22/91	$1,000	McCarthy, Leo T (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILIGNIUM	10/25/96	$1,000	Gantt, Harvey B (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	7/30/91	$1,000	Dixon, Alan J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	8/31/95	$1,000	Rockefeller, John D IV (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	8/31/95	$1,000	Baucus, Max (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	7/30/96	$1,000	Durbin, Richard J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/30/00	$1,000	Carnahan, Mel (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTAOS,CA 94023	3RD MILL VENTURES	10/14/92	$1,000	Owens, Wayne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	6/14/95	$1,000	Clinton, Bill (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENIUM VENTURE CORP	9/25/96	$1,000	Alioto, Michela (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENNIUM VENTURE	4/22/93	$1,000	Bingaman, Jeff (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	3RD MILLENNIUM VENTURE	11/26/99	$1,000	Bingaman, Jeff (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	DOCTOR	9/19/95	$1,000	Harkin, Tom (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	INVESTOR	1/17/96	$1,000	Oregon Victory Fund
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	MILLENIUM	2/24/93	$1,000	Kennedy, Edward M (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	10/16/92	$1,000	Murray, Patty (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	10/19/96	$1,000	Sherman, Brad (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	6/30/95	$1,000	Kerry, John (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	6/19/00	$1,000	Sherman, Brad (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURES	10/14/92	$1,000	Campbell, Ben Nighthorse (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	9/9/92	$1,000	Eshoo, Anna (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM COMPANY	8/19/95	$1,000	Biden, Joseph R Jr (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM INC	8/21/97	$1,000	Gephardt, Richard A (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM INC	8/21/97	$1,000	Gephardt, Richard A (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM INC	8/17/99	$1,000	Gephardt, Richard A (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE	12/14/99	$1,000	Feinstein, Dianne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	10/18/96	$1,000	Minnick, Walt (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	9/8/95	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	8/12/96	$1,000	Eshoo, Anna G (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	1/4/94	$1,000	Eshoo, Anna (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	4/27/93	$1,000	Mitchell, George J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	4/27/93	$1,000	Mitchell, George J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM CAPITAL	6/27/03	$1,000	Bayh, Evan (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	3/9/03	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	3/9/03	$1,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM VENTURE	12/14/99	$1,000	Feinstein, Dianne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	11/8/01	$1,000	Carnahan, Jean (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	11/8/01	$1,000	Carnahan, Jean (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	6/4/02	$1,000	Levin, Carl (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	6/4/02	$1,000	Levin, Carl (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM INC./PRESIDENT	5/1/01	$1,000	Gephardt, Richard A (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM ON-LINE PRODUCTS	8/20/04	$1,000	Salazar, Ken (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM ON-LINE PRODUCTS	5/24/04	$1,000	Salazar, Ken (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	8/19/04	$1,000	Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	4/22/04	$1,000	Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	2/19/04	$1,000	Eshoo, Anna (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	MILLENIUM	2/15/05	$1,000	Kennedy, Edward M (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM COMPANY/OWNER	11/28/05	$1,000	Biden, Joseph R Jr (D)

Still going…

KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	12/28/93	$500	Lieberman, Joe (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	5/28/92	$500	Garamendi, Patricia (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILL,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC	8/18/00	$500	Kent, Robert ‘Bob’ Dean (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	8/21/97	$500	Effective Government Cmte
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	8/12/97	$500	Kennedy, Patrick J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	7/15/92	$250	Garamendi, Patricia (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	9/23/92	$250	Garamendi, Patricia (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		3/14/94	$-1,000	Mitchell, George J (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		8/24/04	$-1,000	Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		8/25/04	$-1,000	Salazar, Ken (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/4/04	$-1,500	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		10/4/04	$-2,000	Boxer, Barbara (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	6/3/92	$80,000	DNC/Non-Federal Individual
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	GENETIC PROGRAMMING INC./PRESIDENT	3/20/03	$19,166	Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	3/31/05	$2,100	Cantwell, Maria (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM/PRESIDENT	6/30/05	$2,100	Cantwell, Maria (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	5/31/06	$2,100	Lofgren, Zoe (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	VENTURE CAPITAL	5/22/91	$1,000	Fowler, Wyche Jr (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE	5/7/91	$1,000	Feinstein, Dianne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE	7/2/90	$1,000	Gantt, Harvey B (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM VENTURE CAPITAL	7/14/92	$1,000	Feinstein, Dianne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	11/25/95	$1,000	Estruth, Jerry T (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023		12/30/89	$1,000	Simon, Paul (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LAS VEGAS,NV 89109	DOCTOR	4/10/89	$1,000	Vinich, John P (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	DOCTOR	12/28/89	$1,000	Baucus, Max (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	DOCTOR	12/29/89	$1,000	Gore, Al (D)
KOZA, JOHN R DR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENIUM	12/11/89	$400	DNC Services Corp
KOZA, JOHN R MD LOS ALTOS HILLS,CA 94023	PHYSICIAN	9/11/90	$1,000	Pell, Claiborne (D)
KOZA, JOHN R MR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM	10/17/02	$25,000	DNC/Non-Federal Unincorporated Assn Acct (D)
KOZA, JOHN R MR ATLANTA,GA 30325	PRESIDENT/THIRD MILLENIUM	7/29/03	$19,166	DNC Services Corp (D)
KOZA, JOHN R MR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023	THIRD MILLENNIUM/PRESIDENT	6/9/05	$9,700	DNC Services Corp (D)
KOZA, JOHN R MR LOS ALTOS,CA 94023		9/9/91	$1,000	Wofford, Harris (D)

Koza is a financial Pez dispenser for Democrat candidates and political action committees, including some of the most Hard Left folks ever to come on the scene, and he’s never made a donation to a Republican in a federal election that Open Secrets has found.

And yet he’s managed to rope several useful Republicans on board the cause – including Jake Garn, David Durenberger, Tom Campbell and Saul Anuzis. Even Fred Thompson has fallen for this ruse.

But where the NPV compact has managed to pass, there aren’t many Republicans. Consider…

• Signed into law in Illinois by one Rod Blagojevich
• Signed into law in Maryland by Martin O’Malley
• Signed into law in New Jersey by John Corzine
• Signed into law in Washington by Christine Gregoire
• Signed into law in Massachusetts by Deval Patrick
• Signed into law in the District of Columbia by Adrian Fenty
• Signed into law in Vermont by Peter Shumlin
• Signed into law in California by Jerry Brown

Notice something about the names above? They’re all Democrats, they’re all hard-core leftists, at least one of them is in office thanks to election fraud, two of them are either in jail or headed there and all of them were elected thanks to machine politics driven by unions.

The idea that Republicans in Louisiana would get a snootful of this legislation and even think for five seconds about supporting it is ludicrous. The Founding Fathers crafted the Electoral College to keep slimy politics like that practiced by the Blagos and Corzines of the world from co-opting the presidency. They specifically designed the United States of  America as a constitutional representative republic and NOT a direct democracy because they were fully aware of the dangers therein.

Remember Ben Franklin’s admonition. Asked what the framers of the Constitution had wrought, he answered, “A Republic – if you can keep it.”

The National Popular Vote compact is an assault on one of the key pillars of our republic. Voting for it means you’d prefer to side with John Koza and his never-ending flow of campaign dollars to Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders over the Founding Fathers.

Or you’re influenced by lobbyists.

The proponents of NPV have hired the high-dollar Baton Rouge lobbying firm of Roedel Parsons, with no less than seven of their lobbyists including Johnny Koch – who is known as one of the best and most influential players on the scene at the capitol – and similarly well-known lobbyist Randy Hayden to work the Capitol. Koch and Hayden are good guys, but in this case they’re just plain wrong.

NPV’s proponents also flew in Minnesota state representative Laura Brod to lobby for the bill. Brod, a Republican and a reputed conservative, is apparently one of the usual suspects brought in for these legislative fights. One has to ask, however, why anyone from Louisiana should listen to a lecture on elections from a Minnesota Republican – after all, the primary fear of NPV is the open invitation to widespread voter fraud it would offer, and it wasn’t even four years ago that Minnesota Republicans stood by helpless while that state’s Democrats stole an election on behalf of Al Franken – Al Franken! – from Norm Coleman using ballots found in garbage cans and trunks of cars and illegal votes by convicted felons. The idea that anyone from Minnesota should lecture Louisianans on suborning our presidential electors to results from places like that is breathtaking.

The Weekly Standard took up this issue – and panned it – back in August…

Indeed, the money flowing into NPV tells a very different story about who wants this “reform” and why. Koza—who hit the jackpot when he patented the scratch-off lottery ticket and then convinced states to sell them—has reportedly pledged $12 million to his organization. Koza has given tens of thousands of dollars to various Democratic Party committees and liberal candidates; he was an Al Gore elector in 2000. New York businessman Tom Golisano, who has also pledged millions to NPV, is quick to point out that he is a registered Republican—even though he supported John Kerry and gave a cool $1 million to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.

The organizational support behind NPV is similarly lopsided, coming almost exclusively from left wing groups such as Common Cause, the American Civil Liberties Union, FairVote, and the League of Women Voters. A George Soros-funded group, DEMOS, has supported NPV, and Soros’s son, Jonathan Soros, has written in favor of the plan.

Are we to believe that these left wing financiers and activists are really on the same side as the Republican Party or the Tea Party?

NPV alleges that Republicans will be helped by its proposal for a national direct election—at least that’s what it tells Republicans. Allegedly, eliminating swing states and making “every voter equal” will enable conservative voices across the country to be better heard. The message is seductive: If you believe this is a center right country, how can you not believe that direct election of the president would take us in a center right direction?

The Republican National Committee heard these arguments. On August 5, it rejected them. The RNC overwhelmingly adopted a resolution by Alaska state committeewoman Debbie Joslin in firm opposition to the NPV plan.

It’s inconceivable that the Louisiana House of Representatives would support this dangerous and stupid idea, Berthelot and Barras’ misguided committee votes notwithstanding. But those concerned about it might do well to contact their state representative and express in the strongest possible terms that a vote in favor of this nonsense is a vote in favor of obliteration at the hands of conservative voters in 2015.