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5 May 2020, 1:39 pm by Amy Howe
2016 Electoral College map Voters in the United States do not directly elect the president and the vice president. [read post]
4 Jan 2021, 8:51 am
Second, Congress would imperil the Electoral College, which gives small states like Arkansas a voice in presidential elections. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 12:00 pm by Barbara McQuade
” That same day, the Trump campaign sent an email to Republican lawmakers in Michigan, encouraging them to pass a joint resolution to “allow Michigan to send electors for Donald J Trump to the Electoral College and save our country. [read post]
6 May 2020, 10:55 am by Howard Bashman
“The Supreme Court weighs whether to make the Electoral College even less democratic; The Court’s ‘faithless electors’ case could turn a few unknown individuals into the most powerful people in the nation”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 10:14 am by Steven D. Schwinn
" The ruling means that states can continue to impose fines on individuals appointed to vote in the Electoral College... [read post]
22 Aug 2007, 10:29 am
The NY Times offers this editorial, which begins: "The Electoral College should be abolished, but there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. [read post]
16 Dec 2016, 10:41 am by David Post
[emphasis added] A lot has happened over the past 230 or so years that has altered our view of the electors and the electoral college. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 9:31 am
The LA Times offers this must read report which concludes that the California electoral college initiative is all but dead.... [read post]
4 Sep 2019, 9:58 am by Howard Bashman
Dorf has an essay titled “Could a Faithless Elector Ruling Doom an Attempt to Circumvent the Electoral College? [read post]
21 Jul 2023, 3:41 am by Dan Tokaji
Danielle Allen in WaPo, on gerrymandering and the electoral college: “I’ve been going on for many moons about the need to grow the House of Representatives. [read post]
20 Sep 2023, 6:53 pm by Rick Hasen
AJC: Three Republicans who cast Electoral College votes for Donald Trump after the 2020 presidential election were acting as federal officers and doing what the law allowed, defense lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. [read post]
On January 6, Pence will oversee a joint congressional session to certify Biden’s electoral college victory. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 7:00 am by David Post
And what, exactly, do they do while serving in the “Electoral College”? [read post]
27 Oct 2020, 5:45 pm by Howard Bashman
“How an anti-democratic Constitution gave America Amy Coney Barrett; The Republican Supreme Court was brought to you by a malapportioned Senate and the Electoral College”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 7:25 am by Derek T. Muller
I anticipate more states will enact statutes doing so just in the years ahead.This post has been updated.Related reading:No, the Electoral College will not give the presidency to Hillary Clinton, Nov. 13, 2016New effort (doomed to fail) calls for presidential electors to collectively exercise independent judgment, Dec. 6, 2016The Electoral College won’t stop Trump—but it may change how political parties pick electors in 2020, Dec. 11,… [read post]
24 Jul 2022, 1:09 pm by Bob Bauer, Jack Goldsmith
Certification must occur six days before the electoral college meets, not at some undefined time; and an expedited judicial process may occur thereafter, to ensure resolution before the electoral college meets and electors cast their ballots. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 4:09 pm by Stephen Griffin
  This means that the electoral college began functioning differently in a world dominated by political parties and so the enforcement of the Constitution in this respect changed. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 2:17 pm by Rick Hasen
The Fix: ”Most likely voters — including both Democrats and Republicans — say the winner of the presidential election should be decided by popular vote, not the electoral college, according to the latest release of the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll.” [read post]