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4 Jan 2017, 9:31 pm
Such unchecked discretion makes the decision to use this process political—a lesson a Democratic-run Department is now learning the hard way with the unexpected electoral victory of Donald Trump. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 9:01 pm
But his election is a product of the Electoral College. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 2:39 pm
Perhaps in order of increasing chance of adoption, they are: (1) to elect the president by the national popular vote instead of the Electoral College; (2) to choose the winner in the general election according to the preferences of a majority of voters rather than a mere plurality, either nationally or by state; and, easiest of all, (3) to substitute majority for plurality rule in state primaries. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 5:58 am
If the anti-Lincoln votes had been aggregated, in other words, would that have been enough to tip the electoral college? [read post]
2 Jan 2017, 7:53 am
Is it possible to side-step the Electoral College by statute? [read post]
29 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm
Certainly a big threshold question is whether states have legal authority to impose such a requirement on presidential candidates as a condition for the candidates’ names appear on the ballot or their being eligible to be voted for by the state’s electoral college contingent. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 11:10 am
That kind of exposure is another argument for the 50-state Electoral College. [read post]
22 Dec 2016, 10:29 am
Lots of people freaked out saying Hillary should be POTUS because the people's vote was more important than the Electoral College. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 9:53 am
Under the electoral college, all states have a voice. [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 6:14 am
Statehouse Probe; Suspended from Office” by Schuyler Kropf and Glenn Smith for Charleston Post & Courier Virginia: “Residents Push to Change Law That Lets Norfolk Treasurer Anthony Burfoot Stay in Office” by Eric Hartley for The Virginian-Pilot Elections “Electoral College Settles Donald Trump’s Victory, but Little Else” by Jonathan Martin and Michael Wines for The New York Times [read post]
21 Dec 2016, 4:40 am
As for Hillary, her margin over Trump of more than two points was four times as large as that of Al Gore, the last popular-vote winner to lose the electoral college, who won by half a point in 2000. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 3:02 pm
[Empirical SCOTUS] * Yeah, the electoral college was never going to save us. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 12:32 pm
(Elaine Thompson/Associated Press) The Washington Secretary of State Office’s blog reports: Washington’s Electoral College made national news Monday when four “faithless” electors declined to vote for Hillary Clinton, who carried the state 54-38 over Donald Trump. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 12:15 pm
In an indication of just how trivial the Electoral College has become, it’s kind of difficult to find, all in one place, a comprehensive breakdown of how the electors voted. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 10:05 am
Yes, Mr. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 9:44 am
We also learned that the Electoral College is rooted in slavery. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 6:53 am
Willie Cochran Indicted on Thefts from Ward Charity” by Jason Meisner, Jeremy Gorner, and Hal Dardick for Chicago Tribune Indiana: “Former Lawmaker Lands Job with Vaping Group That Benefited from His Vote” by Tony Cook for Indianapolis Star Kentucky: “Tim Longmeyer Pleads Guilty to State Felony” by Tom Loftus for Louisville Courier-Journal New York: “Reform Group Sues Over New Disclosure Law” by Casey Seiler for Albany Times Union Wisconsin: “Wisconsin… [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 4:07 am
So the electoral college is just a nod to slavery? [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 4:15 pm
[Slate] * Ohio elector resigns from the electoral college in order to keep her day job. [read post]
19 Dec 2016, 11:56 am
But as the Electoral College meets all across this nation on this day, I see no likelihood of 38 Republican electors defecting from their party and casting their ballots for Secretary Clinton.So Hillary Clinton will not become President, and there is nothing I can do about that. [read post]
