Category Archives: electoral college

What If Trump Pulled Out After Winning?

July 7, 2016, 11:37 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

NYT: On the off chance he actually is planning to back out, what would happen? Alexander Keyssar, a historian at Harvard who is working on a book about the Electoral College, said the process of succession would depend on… Continue reading

“Bring Back The Electoral College — For Real”

June 14, 2016, 7:06 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Ed Zelinsky: The conventional wisdom is that an independent candidate must run to provide an alternative to the major parties’ candidates. I instead suggest another course: Bring back the Electoral College as the active chooser of the 45th president. We… Continue reading

“No, a Conservative Third-Party Candidate Can’t Steal the Electoral College”

May 6, 2016, 2:06 pmcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Jonathan Chiat.

“GOP Attempt to Change Nebraska’s Electoral Vote System Fails”

April 13, 2016, 7:25 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

AP: Nebraska’s Republican lawmakers were thwarted Tuesday in their attempts to reinstate a winner-take-all system for presidential electors, a move that would have increased the GOP nominee’s chances of winning all five of the state’s votes in November. The… Continue reading

“Federalism and the Electoral College: The Development of the General Ticket Method for Selecting Presidential Electors”

April 4, 2016, 4:07 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Robert Ross for Publius: This article contributes to our understanding of the development of the federal aspect of the Electoral College by analyzing how and why states adopted the general ticket method currently used by all but two states. I… Continue reading

“Trump: I Will Take Office if I Win the Popular Vote, Even If I Lose Electoral College”

April 1, 2016, 4:29 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

AP: A defiant Donald Trump, speaking at a rally Wednesday in Waukesha, Wisconsin, slammed the undemocratic nature of Electoral College, which awards presidential electors by state, and promised to take office if he wins the overall popular… Continue reading

“How John Kasich Could End Up Picking the Next President; A bizarre, tangled, 130-year-old law could leave the 2016 election up to the Ohio governor—unless Congress acts now

March 20, 2016, 1:15 pmcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Ned Foley for Politico: In this situation, the Supreme Court could step in to resolve the dispute. But the odds of that happening have probably decreased due to the vociferous criticism of the Bush v. Gore decision. Not to mention… Continue reading

“If no one else stops Trump, the Electoral College still can. It’s in the Constitution”

March 17, 2016, 7:43 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Derek Muller for WaPo: Donald Trump will be the GOP’s presidential nominee. Within the party, talk of a brokered Republican National Convention or even a supporting a third-party candidate has circulated among those hoping to stop him from becoming the… Continue reading

“Understand The Electoral College, Finally”

March 10, 2016, 8:53 pmelectoral collegeRick Hasen

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“This Election Cycle Could End With President Paul Ryan”

March 3, 2016, 7:19 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Ari Savitzky: Paul Ryan could become our next President without receiving a single vote. This isn’t fantasy or anarchy. It’s a possible result of the Twelfth Amendment, and its rickety, 200-year-old backup plan for failures of the Electoral College.

20 Republicans Join 20 Democrats in AZ House in Supporting National Popular Vote

February 5, 2016, 8:51 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Interesting.

“The Unenforceability of the Electoral Count Act’s Procedural Provisions”

February 4, 2016, 7:45 amelectoral collegeRick Hasen

Chris Land has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Electoral Count Act governs the procedures used by Congress to tabulate Presidential election results every four years. The Act contains a number of provisions that purport to… Continue reading

Mike Stern: Electoral Vote Counting in Congress

January 29, 2016, 8:29 amcampaigns, electoral collegeRick Hasen

Below is an important guest post from Mike Stern, who served as senior counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, deputy staff director for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, and special counsel to the House Intelligence committee,… Continue reading

“How Mike Bloomberg could win as independent presidential candidate”

January 24, 2016, 5:03 pmalternative voting systems, electoral college, third partiesRick Hasen

Rob Richie: This weekend news broke that former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg is exploring a potential independent bid for president. A Morning Consult poll shows his appeal is at this point limited to about 15%, but it’s… Continue reading