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25 Jan 2013, 4:14 pm by constitutional lawblogger
Virginia is leading a group of states controlled by Republicans but voting for President Obama in the 2012 election to change the way they allocate their electoral votes in the presidential election--moving from winner-take-all to allocation by congressional district, according... [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 10:32 am by Gerard N. Magliocca
In 1868, the Florida Legislature awarded the state's electoral votes to Grant. [read post]
16 Oct 2019, 4:34 pm by Derek T. Muller
It’s easier for the United States Supreme Court to ignore a case that (1) preserves the status quo, (2) affects just one state, and (3) didn’t actually replace an elector. [read post]
2 Jul 2018, 1:42 pm by David Kopel
In Colorado and Washington, the Secretaries of State threatened the electors with punishment under state law. [read post]
1 Feb 2008, 6:36 am
" It includes my contribution, entitled "An Unsafe Harbor: Recounts, Contests and the Electoral College," which addresses the interaction between federal laws structuring the Electoral College process and state laws regarding post-proceedings. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 12:24 pm by Tom Smith
WASHINGTON — States can require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for the presidential candidates they had pledged to support, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Monday, curbing the independence of electors and limiting one potential source of uncertainty in the 2020 presidential election. [read post]
20 Dec 2020, 12:52 pm by Derek T. Muller
Trump in the respective State Houses at the time and place as set forth under applicable State law, the Electoral Count Act, and the authority delegated under the U.S. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 9:04 am
Showing how many electoral votes each state gets. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 4:27 pm by Tom Smith
States that join in make a pledge to allot their electoral vote to whoever wins the national popular vote. [read post]
28 Feb 2024, 6:05 pm by Gerard N. Magliocca
Grant’s election, a diverse coalition of congressmen tried to ensure that voters, not state legislatures, would choose presidential electors. [read post]
13 May 2020, 12:26 pm by Associated Press
Supreme Court justices invoked fears of bribery and chaos Wednesday to suggest they think states can require presidential electors to back their states’ popular vote winner in the Electoral College. [read post]
9 Nov 2020, 4:34 pm by Gerard Magliocca
The Act, which was passed in 1887, provides (basically) that electoral votes cast by a state by a relevant deadline are valid unless both houses of Congress object. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 6:16 pm by Derek T. Muller
Another was that Pence could disregard some states because they sent in multiple electoral ballots. [read post]
19 Jul 2023, 3:18 pm by Liz Dye
The post Michigan AG Suggests Orange Jumpsuits For State’s Cosplay Electors appeared first on Above the Law. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 9:28 am by Derek T. Muller
Pence used:. . . purports to be a return from the State and that has annexed to it a certificate from an authority of the State purporting to appoint and ascertain electors . . . .This harmonizes several provisions of the Electoral Count Act. [read post]
16 Dec 2016, 7:54 am by Guest Blogger
  Some have suggested that Hillary Clinton’s national popular vote win gives Electors license to discount the state-by-state results. [read post]
28 Jul 2010, 1:19 pm by Richard Albert
Massachusetts has come one step closer to becoming at least the sixth state to adopt a law awarding all of the state's electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 11:36 am by David Zwier
Daniel held [opinion PDF] that states "have the power to attach conditions to the electors' appointment," and that Supreme Court precedent establishes that power as plenary. [read post]