Category Archives: electoral college

“Tyranny of the Minority”

September 26, 2017, 4:42 pmalternative voting systems, electoral collegeRick Hasen

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”

September 19, 2017, 6:58 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

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

September 14, 2017, 10:49 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

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?”

September 11, 2017, 7:06 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Richard Primus for Take Care.

“Colorado secretary of state on 2016 Electoral College vote: ‘They’re investigating’”

April 26, 2017, 8:51 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Colorado Independent reports.

National Popular Vote Passes NM Senate on Party Line Vote

February 20, 2017, 7:33 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

The measure now moves on to the New Mexico House.

“Republicans in Minnesota, Virginia propose changes to their electoral college rules”

January 26, 2017, 7:04 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

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

“Three myths about the Electoral College”

January 9, 2017, 7:54 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Ed Zelinsky blogs.

Taxpayer in Kettering, Ohio Goes After Presidential Elector, Saying By Voting He Vacated City Council Seat

January 5, 2017, 6:42 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Release.

Justice Alito Denies Emergency SCOTUS Motion from MN Faithless Elector

January 5, 2017, 8:12 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Chris Geidner.

“The failed electoral-college rebellion bodes ill for future elections”

December 21, 2016, 2:46 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Steven Mazie for the Economist: The failure of the rebellion will not be more than a footnote to the 2016 presidential election. Yet it may leave an enduring legacy. The campaign waged by Mr Lessig and others encouraged electors to… Continue reading

“Bill O’Reilly rose to the defense of white privilege in America’s presidential voting process”

December 21, 2016, 8:03 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

The Fix reports.

“Faithless Electors: Now It’s Up to Congress”

December 20, 2016, 4:28 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Derek Muller for the WSJ: The 538 members of the Electoral College convened Monday and cast a majority of their votes for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for vice president. When Congress convenes on Jan. 6 to count… Continue reading

“Electoral College sees record-breaking defections”

December 20, 2016, 8:26 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Politico: The seven so-called “faithless” votes cast by members of the Electoral College on Monday may go down as a noisy footnote to an otherwise chaotic 2016 election. But they also represent a historic breach between electors and the candidates… Continue reading