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6 Dec 2016, 5:22 pm
A poster version of the map is for sale. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 4:49 pm
If the House were more accurately apportioned, so would be the electoral college, and if the electoral college were better apportioned, it would be less likely that a candidate who lost the popular vote would win the election. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 6:24 pm
Jocular contempt for women will come back into fashion...All the resentment which badly educated Americans feel about having their manners dictated to them by college graduates will find an outlet. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 4:45 pm
[Rewire] * And more from Harvard Law professor Larry Lessig about the Electoral College -- this time, a Fourteenth Amendment argument against how it operates, not against the institution itself. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 7:28 am
ConLawProf Lawrence Lessig has a terrific post sharing arguments that the present "winner take all" rule (in all but 2 states) for allocating electoral votes violates the Equal Protection Clause. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 7:21 am
Here's an argument that it does. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 7:17 am
TYLA made similar presentations in Beaumont, Dallas, Austin, Corpus Christi, Waco, Galveston, College Station, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 9:01 pm
The Electoral College works a little like the World Series.Our Electoral College system prevents candidates with only regional appeal from winning. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 8:05 am
On Veep, a tie in the Electoral College sent the election to the House of Representatives. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 11:31 am
Constitution to replace the Electoral College with a popular vote system.... [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 7:42 am
At the risk of belaboring the obvious, suppose that Trump had won the popular vote by 2.5 million, but that Clinton had won the Electoral College via narrow wins in several battleground states. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 10:49 am
Cohen further elaborated [press release]:When the Founders established the electoral college, it was in an era of... [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 9:20 am
Attorney General Bill Schuette has filed a lawsuit to block the recount demand, challenging Jill Stein’s standing and pointing out that the Green Party nominee had provided no evidence of any irregularities that would require the state to spend the money and risk missing the Electoral College: via hotair.com [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 9:08 am
Politico reports:"Despite being no more than a blip on the electoral radar, [Jill] Stein has now commandeered Pennsylvania's electoral process, with an eye toward doing the same to the Electoral College," the complaint filed Thursday states. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 5:58 am
[Big Law Business] * President-elect Trump's campaign has filed an objection to Jill Stein's "lawless, insulting request" for a recount in Michigan, commenting on her "tiny vote total" and noting "voters should not risk having the Electoral College door knocked off its hinges all because a 1% candidate is dissatisfied with the election’s outcome. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 8:30 am
Consider the constitutional text about the electoral college. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 5:41 am
Lobbying “Wave of Lobbyist Deregistrations in Trump Orbit After Announcement of New Policy” by Catherine Ho for The Washington Post Campaign Finance “Ackman’s Fund Asks SEC for Exemption After Campaign Donation” by Svea Herbst-Bayliss for Reuters “Trump to Accept Inauguration Funds from Corporations and Big Donors” by Nicholas Fandos for The New York Times Michigan: “Rizzo Expands Empire After Pumping Cash into Campaigns” by Robert Snell and… [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 4:18 pm
“Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election this month – in particular, his winning a clear majority of the Electoral College vote despite receiving nearly 1.3 million fewer popular votes than Hillary Clinton – prompted readers of another Pew Research Center Fact Tank post to wonder how the U.S. system compares with the way other countries elect their leaders. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 2:01 pm
Piling on Lisa's post about the next steps in the presidential election (recounts in three states and the Electoral College vote on December 19): 1) Lisa correctly argues that 37 faithless electors are highly unlikely, because electors are party regulars. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 12:29 pm
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