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20 Apr 2020, 1:08 pm by Sandy Levinson
  (Colleges and universities would be eager to host the RSV process during the summer when classes are not in session. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 9:00 pm by Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone
In particular, even though the district court also agreed that the plaintiffs had demonstrated a likelihood of success on their related claim that (in light of the impact of COVID-19) holding the in-person election as scheduled would also violate the rights of voters, the judge, citing the state’s interests in an orderly electoral process, the risk of voter confusion, and principles of federalism, declined to issue a remedy requiring the state to postpone the election entirely.The… [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 9:05 pm by Jamison Chung
” In a new article in the Election Law Journal, Holly Ann Garnett of the Royal Military College of Canada examines how states use the internet to communicate with citizens and transmit electoral information—which can help foster trust in election results. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 1:06 pm by Michael Morley
Such a proposal, while well intentioned, would create serious problems and substantially undermine public confidence in the electoral process. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 6:00 am by Terry Hart
” Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump’s financial docs, religious freedom and Electoral College via telephone — Finally, after postponing all oral arguments in light of COVID-19, this week the Supreme Court announced it will resume hearing arguments in a number of cases by telephone. [read post]
17 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The justices will hear another time-sensitive case involving whether presidential electors can be required to honor their state’s instructions to vote for the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 9:24 am by Amy Howe
Washington — Whether state “faithless elector” laws, which require presidential electors to vote the way that state law directs, are constitutional. [read post]
13 Apr 2020, 7:40 am by Howard Bashman
” Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court to hear historic oral arguments over Trump tax records and Electoral College virtually in May. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 4:28 am by Scott Bomboy
The Constitution’s text requires that a group of electors, commonly called the Electoral College, chooses the next president. [read post]
10 Apr 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
They quickly shifted their electoral focus to candidates lower on the ballot. [read post]
6 Apr 2020, 1:19 pm by Sandy Levinson
 (There are no good arguments that justify the current operation of the electoral college.) [read post]
3 Apr 2020, 12:58 pm by NCC Staff
Davis II Chair in Law, Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Peter M. [read post]
29 Mar 2020, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
” As “Real Clear Politics” explains, in 1978, a new amendment was approved by Congress to repeal the 23rd Amendment and replace it with a provision that would grant full voting rights to the District of Columbia, with representation in Congress as well as the Electoral College. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 10:38 am by Jack Goldsmith, Ben Miller-Gootnick
Third, the Electoral College model in the Constitution is in tension with Congress effectively choosing who is president. [read post]
23 Mar 2020, 3:40 am by Edith Roberts
Baca, which asks whether the Constitution forbids a state from requiring its presidential electors to follow the state’s popular vote when casting their electoral college ballots, arguing that the “Supreme Court should reject the Tenth Circuit’s reasoning and its conclusion that the state’s power ends with the appointment of Electors,” and “should develop a coherent theory of the relationship of the people, the states, and the… [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 1:33 pm by Nathaniel Persily, Charles Stewart, III
It is quickly becoming apparent that the COVID-19 pandemic will fundamentally change the 2020 election. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 10:53 am by Tom Goldstein
Those have direct implications for the 2020 presidential election, because they involve voting in the electoral college. [read post]
18 Mar 2020, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
And if some states never appoint electors, then the total number would be less than 538, which means that an absolute majority of the appointed electors would be less than 270.And that is where the governors could play a role. [read post]
17 Mar 2020, 11:00 am by Howard Bashman
“Why We Should Abolish the Electoral College”: Online at The New York Times, law professor Josh Chafetz has this review of Jesse Wegman’s new book, “Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College. [read post]