Category Archives: electoral college
“The Indispensable Electoral College”
Tara Ross is out with a new book-length defense of the electoral college, with the subhead: “How the Founders Plan Saves Our Country from Mob Rule.”
“The Impact of Close Races on Electoral College and Popular Vote Conflicts in US Presidential Elections”
Here’s the paper behind the report I mentioned yesterday, finding that one out of every three presidential elections where the popular vote margin is within 3% will feature a mismatch between the popular vote and the electoral college.
And the chaser…
Aaron Blake reminds Democrats that if the 2016 election had been up to a national popular vote, campaign strategies would have been very different.
National Popular Vote push
A team at Covington has started a new organization – Making Every Vote Count — pressing for a national popular vote for President. Sam Wang was on CNN this morning talking about some related new research, finding that one out… Continue reading
Two Events with Great Lineups from “Make Every Vote Count” Group
Two events with great lineups from a new group headed by Reed Hundt dedicated to passing the national popular vote.
“Improving American Democracy” (Oct. 7 at Stanford, use link to RSVP).
“The Need for Presidential Selection Refor… Continue reading
“Tyranny of the Minority”
Inaugural Michelle Goldberg NYT column:
There are ways out.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact — a plan in which states agree to award all their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner — could circumvent the Electoral College… Continue reading
“Professor Lessig’s Electoral College Litigation”
Bob Bauer:
There is more to be said about the complexities of a reform initiative like the one Professor Lessig has advanced, but the evaluation requires attention in the first instance to the question of the various ways in the… Continue reading
Lessig Begins New Effort to Challenge State Winner-Take-All Electoral College Rules in Court
Post:
Today, the non-profit that I founded, EqualCitizens.US, announced it would crowdfund support for two lawsuits to challenge the way votes are allocated in the Electoral College. All but two states allocate their vote according to a winner-take-all system,… Continue reading
“Can Congress Call A Special Election if Trump and Pence Are Impeached?”
Richard Primus for Take Care.
“Colorado secretary of state on 2016 Electoral College vote: ‘They’re investigating’”
National Popular Vote Passes NM Senate on Party Line Vote
The measure now moves on to the New Mexico House.
“Republicans in Minnesota, Virginia propose changes to their electoral college rules”
Weigel:
Republicans in two swing states lost by President Trump in 2016 have introduced legislation that would have benefited Trump in the 2016 election, by splitting up their electoral votes by congressional districts instead of awarding them statewide.
In Minnesota,… Continue reading