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4 Apr 2022, 10:01 am by Thomas Berry, Genevieve Nadeau
  With respect to the appointment of electors, the grounds for objection should be limited to the authenticity of a state’s submission—as noted above, whether it reflects the actual outcome of a state’s election consistent with state and federal law (for example, members of Congress should be able to object if electors are appointed in defiance of a court order)—and the constitutional eligibility of individual appointed… [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 11:40 am by Susan Vaughn
On December 19, 2016, the Electors will cast their votes for the 45th President of the United States. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 12:00 pm by Harold O'Grady
The 1800 election had no records of popular votes as electors were chosen by state legislatures. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 7:00 am by David Post
Because Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution allocates to each state one “presidential elector” for each member of the House of Representatives to which the state is entitled, plus two additional electors (one for each of the state’s senators), residents of smaller states end up with proportionately more electoral power than larger states; for instance, New York gets one elector for every 670,000… [read post]
10 Aug 2011, 10:16 am by Julia Zebley
However, the law will only go into effect if enough states to constitute an electoral college majority enact similar laws. [read post]
9 Oct 2023, 2:36 pm by Matthew A. Seligman
Chesebro’s involvement in the Trump elector-nominees casting ballots purporting to be their state’s electoral votes in states where the relevant state official had certified President Joe Biden’s electors. [read post]
The complaint first claims that the Electoral Count Act directs Vice President Michael Pence to count “electoral votes for a State that have been appointed in violation of the Electors Clause. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 11:16 am by Scott Bomboy
The first is a situation where only one set of electoral votes is submitted by a state, and objections are raised on grounds that electoral votes were not “regularly given” by an elector, or that electors were not “lawfully certified” according to state laws, according the CRS. [read post]
22 Aug 2019, 7:12 am by Associated Press
DENVER — A U.S. appeals court in Denver said Electoral College members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren’t bound by the popular vote in their states. [read post]
12 Nov 2020, 11:58 am by Derek T. Muller
Biden.Suppose two slates of electoral votes were sent to Congress.Suppose enough states did this to plausibly give Mr. [read post]
1 Aug 2022, 1:39 pm by Pamela S. Karlan
§ 2—which some partisans have asserted empowers state legislatures to reject the popular vote and appoint a slate of electors themselves whenever they think the election was flawed in some undefined way. [read post]
31 Jan 2008, 4:42 am
Among these are recent suggestions that states assign their electoral votes based on the popular vote results in individual congressional districts or assign their electoral votes statewide based on the national popular vote. [read post]
6 Aug 2008, 10:37 am
I just added an Electoral Projection map onto my sidebar. [read post]
26 Aug 2019, 3:43 am by Lyle Denniston
Because Clinton won the statewide popular vote in that state, those three electors violated a state law that required them to pledge to vote for the statewide winner in the Electoral College. [read post]
24 Mar 2019, 12:13 pm by Stephen Sachs
Ross's claim is that a state-by-state vote in the electoral college encourages broad electoral coalitions, as opposed to regional parties chasing 51% majorities. [read post]
20 Dec 2016, 4:07 am by SHG
If enough states signed on to control the electoral college’s outcome, it would obviate the impact of less populace states. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 2:45 pm by David J. Shestokas
The states are doing this of their own free will by passing laws to give their electoral votes to the candidate that receives the largest number of votes across the country. [read post]
22 May 2012, 5:17 am by immigrationprof
"Get on the Omnibus: Immigration Reform and the Electoral Motivations of State Legislators" by JOSHUA ZINGHER, State University of New York at Binghamton. [read post]
12 Dec 2016, 2:04 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Follow up to previous posting – Unreleased CIA assessment concludes Russia aided Trump – see this follow on – Open Letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper via Christine Pelosi (CA) “We are Electors who were selected by the voters of our states to represent them in the Electoral College on December 19, 2016. [read post]