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9 Dec 2008, 1:34 am
Bysiewicz is a motion for injunction filed by Cort Wrotnowski against Susan Bysiewicz, Secretary of State of Connecticut to halt the electoral college to hear a complaint against Barack Obama’s claim of citizenship. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 10:24 am
" One might think that somewhere in the column Hoagland would mention that they are not the product of unwritten "tradition" (such as the limitation of the Supreme Court to nine members, whatever earlier realities), but, rather, a hard-wired feature of our Constitution, thanks to a mixture of choosing to "elect" presidents through the Electoral College plus the 20th Amendment. [read post]
6 Dec 2008, 7:14 pm
The other possibility was that the Court could stay the meeting of the Electoral College, slated for December 15th, pending review. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 11:29 am
” Several have filed lawsuits and just recently a petition to stop the Electoral College from confirming Obama as the forty-fourth President of the United States was rejected by Justice David Souter. [read post]
4 Dec 2008, 10:40 am
Associated Press A salesman holds the first bottle of legal liquor to be sold after the repeal of Prohibition on Dec. 5, 1933. [read post]
1 Dec 2008, 9:27 am
December 1, 1824: The Electoral College swings the election for John Quincy Adams (over Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay). [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 7:10 pm
A lawyer who is playing a key role in a California lawsuit urging officials to prevent the state's 55 Electoral College votes from being recorded for Barack Obama until questions about his citizenship are resolved says he's organizing plans to... [read post]
24 Nov 2008, 7:49 am
Best bit: Asked about the electoral college, 20 percent of elected officials incorrectly said it was established to “supervise the first televised presidential debates. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 4:29 pm
Obama’s first major electoral triumph: Two weeks ago, the Iowa Hawkeyes beat Penn State with a last-second field goal and all but knocked the Nittany Lions out of the hunt. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 3:53 pm
The NY Times offers this editorial.... [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 12:30 pm
Click here to see the oh - so close electoral college map. [read post]
13 Nov 2008, 11:00 pm
The campaign seeks to pair celebrities with grass roots organizations to mobilize and educate young people between the ages of 18 and 29, who are not in college, to register and participate in the electoral process. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 5:28 am
The NY Times on Omaha's electoral college vote.... [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 5:25 am
The network also examines the undecided allocation of Missouri's electoral college votes.... [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 1:19 pm
These come in many shadings, and the article concentrates on three that illustrate different sorts of problems: 1) the failure of the Guarantee Clause to provide a more precise definition of a "republican form of government"; 2) the deafening silence about any role for political parties in the nation's politics and governance; and 3) the absence of guidance about "discretion" to be exercised by presidential elections, which surfaces these days as the problem… [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 11:10 am
We used to elect Presidents who were Presidents of Colleges (Woodrow Wilson-Princeton University) or were nuclear engineers (Carter). [read post]
9 Nov 2008, 9:06 am
I am elated at President-elect Obama's (how I love saying that phrase) resounding electoral college win, slightly dismayed at the margin of the popular vote (although it is practically a "mandate" compared to previous elections), and overwhelmingly sad at the level of prejudice displayed against LGBT people in California, Arizona, Arkansas and Florida. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 10:24 pm
I think 2-1 in the electoral college counts as a landslide, don't you? [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 5:58 pm
Minnite said, "is that the new people who are likely to come into the electorate are more often of lower income and are people of color, who tend to vote Democratic. [read post]
7 Nov 2008, 3:51 pm
The NY Times offers this piece on the Electoral College and the potential for reform. [read post]
