Category Archives: electoral college
“Arizona Electors Question Obama Birth Certificate”
“Electoral College Chaos: How Republicans Could Put a Lock on the Presidency”
Important post from FairVote.
And it could really happen.
“Choose Your Own Voters”
Weigel:
In the busy mind of Virginia state Sen. Charles Carrico, voters can be divided into two species. The first: “people in my district,” which covers a swath of the state’s rural southwest. These voters are real people. The… Continue reading
“Making Pa. votes matter”
Rob Richie and Devin McCarthy have written this Philly.com oped, which begins: “State Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi piqued our interest last week when he told Bloomberg that his new electoral reform proposal “is not party-specific or partisan in… Continue reading
“GOP Resurrects Plan to Rig Electoral College”
Mother Jones: “The states where Republicans have proposed changing Electoral College rules—Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, where legislation has been introduced, and Michigan and Ohio, where activists have pushed the idea (see below)—went for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012. There… Continue reading
“Pennsylvania Senate Leader Pileggi Wrong on Prescription for Electoral College Reform”
“Pennsylvania Proposal May Help Republicans Win Electoral Votes”
“Idaho lawmaker shares ‘last chance’ idea to elect Romney”
Idaho Statesman: “A state senator from north-central Idaho is touting a scheme that’s been circulating on tea party blogs, calling for states that supported Mitt Romney to refuse to participate in the Electoral College in a move backers believe… Continue reading
Quote of the Day
“For one party to win a majority of House seats with a minority of votes is a relatively rare occurrence. It has now happened five times in the past hundred years. In 1914 and 1942, the Democrats were the beneficiaries.… Continue reading
“Husted soothes Electoral College tempest; Says his comments ‘badly taken out of context'”
Judge Richard Posner Defends the Electoral College
Here, in Slate.
“After Romney loss, some on right bash Electoral College”
“Mitt Romney Campaign: We Lost Florida To Obama In Presidential Election”
There goes my perfect electoral college prediction.
Kind of amazing Obama won with how close it was that the new difficulties put in front of voters in that state.