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3 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
States joining the compact enact laws requiring their electors to vote for the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of the winner in that state, so long as states accounting for a majority of Electoral votes have joined the compact. [read post]
16 Dec 2020, 11:04 am by Derek T. Muller
"Most states give the candidate who receives the plurality of votes in a statewide election all of that state's electors. [read post]
18 May 2022, 9:45 pm by Ryan J. Farrick
The Department of Justice is also investigating allegations that pro-Trump electors in Wisconsin and several other states conspired to cast electoral ballots for Trump in states that Biden won. [read post]
16 Oct 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
interpretation of Article II in holding that states can penalize or remove electors who vote differently from the popular vote in the state. [read post]
5 May 2020, 1:39 pm by Amy Howe
If it did, the electors note, the states could also – for example – ban electors “from voting for candidates who fail to release” their tax returns or visit the state. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
When all of the electors have appeared and the vacancies have been filled they shall constitute the college of electors of the state of Washington, and shall proceed to perform the duties required of them by the Constitution and laws of the United States. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 12:00 pm by Barbara McQuade
In a Dec. 9 memo, Chesebro admitted that the fake electors scheme was “slightly problematic” in Michigan, because state law required the “alternate electors” to meet and cast their votes in the state senate. [read post]
29 Jul 2010, 11:49 am by Betsy McKenzie
Massachusetts just became the latest state to drop out of the Electoral College. [read post]
11 Sep 2008, 8:48 am
The electoral college value for each state is shown, and the states are shaded according to the probability of a win.Democrat: 260 [-26] Republican: 247 [+20] Dead Heat: 31 [+6] Total: 538 (270 to win)See how Intrade data compares to the polls.Compare this map with projections from RealClearPolitics and The New York Times.Also see a map of what political books America is reading. [read post]
5 Jan 2021, 9:27 am by Scott Bomboy
Interactive Constitution Electoral College: The Original Text “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. [read post]
18 Jun 2014, 8:43 am by Harold O'Grady
Under the compact, as soon as states having a total of the 270 electoral votes join in, the National Popular Vote becomes effective, and all the member states will cast all their Electoral College votes in accordance with the national popular vote instead of the state’s popular vote. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
It is electoral count voting day, and members of Congress in a joint session will open and count the electoral votes and declare Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the winners of the election. [read post]
4 Sep 2019, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Colorado Department of State) holding unconstitutional Colorado’s attempt to remove and replace a “faithless” presidential elector from the state’s electoral college contingent. [read post]
22 Aug 2019, 9:26 am by Charles Gallmeyer
Even where an elector violates a state-required pledge to vote for the winners of the state popular election, there is nothing in the federal Constitution that allows the state to remove that elector or to nullify his votes. [read post]
3 May 2012, 12:57 am by Lawrence Solum
Here is the abstract: What role do States have when the Electoral College disappears? [read post]
31 Aug 2007, 9:01 am
  Still, some states are toying with Electoral College reforms at the state level. [read post]