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29 Mar 2007, 2:44 pm
[JURIST] The Maryland Senate [General Assembly website] passed a bill Wednesday to ignore the US Electoral College [official website] in presidential elections, instead awarding the state's 10 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 1:42 pm
Whether the constitutional system of the Electoral College is a good idea can be debated. [read post]
24 Apr 2022, 8:55 am
There was no such exogenous imperative for Sumners’ proposal, but his legislation subserved the cause of “good government” and increased efficiency, transparency, and clarity in the interface between the Electoral College and the Congress. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 9:48 am
From the Washington Post:Maryland is poised to become the first state to agree to bypass the electoral college and effectively elect U.S. presidents by national popular vote under legislation moving briskly toward the desk of Gov. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 2:45 pm
The states are doing this of their own free will by passing laws to give their electoral votes to the candidate that receives the largest number of votes across the country. [read post]
2 Jun 2023, 8:41 am
Fake elector schemes came to national attention during the 2020 presidential election, during which several swing states saw the creation of fake electoral college slates in favor of former President Donald Trump even though he lost the states’ popular votes to current President Joe Biden. [read post]
24 Jan 2022, 2:01 am
Anderson sat down with Ned Foley, a professor at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a leading expert in election law. [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 11:55 am
Voters in small states have more electoral college impact than voters in large states. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 2:36 pm
First, the report provides a background on the legal framework governing the Electoral College. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 5:08 pm
In short: [I]f the electoral college is to control who becomes our president, we should take it seriously by understanding its purpose precisely. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 8:16 pm
IN DEFENSE OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. [read post]
19 Nov 2016, 2:41 pm
With the electoral college system, there is no point to stealing votes in such a state, since the dominant party is going to get all of its electoral votes anyway. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 11:30 pm
In 2018, the Council voted to amend the Electoral Act and introduce electoral thresholds. [read post]
22 Apr 2007, 9:09 pm
PENNumbra has a debate on the Electoral College: Professor Sanford Levinson, of the University of Texas Law School, argues that true believers in majority rule should find it insufferable that the United States still employs a â [read post]
23 Oct 2020, 3:30 am
You can play with the electoral map here. [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 10:45 am
It is, as history and pundits remind us, possible to win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote. [read post]
8 Mar 2021, 9:53 am
Sure, the Electoral College gives lightly populated states disproportunate political influence, but on the other hand:Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Wyoming, where intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are currently based. [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 10:17 am
The Electoral College is poised to pick Donald Trump today. [read post]
15 May 2020, 7:07 am
Amy Howe of Howe on the Court and Cathy Ruffing of Street Law will lead an interactive discussion with middle school students about the arguments made in these cases and the possible implications for the Electoral College. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 10:24 am
“The Supreme Court will decide if ‘faithless electors’ can ignore the will of the people; The Electoral College is an anti-democratic relic; The Court could make it worse”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. [read post]
