McConnell calls Jan. 6 certification his "most consequential vote"

In an extraordinary conference call this morning with fellow Senate Republicans, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said his Jan.

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Guest opinion: Legislatures picking electors to the Electoral College: It could not only happen, it almost did

The rhetoric coming from the White House lately has been very concerning. The President has indicated that he may refuse to accept defeat in the November election, and use every tool at his disposal to undo the results.

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The Electoral College Map (8/26/20)

Update for August 26. Polling Quick Hits: Virginia (Biden 53, Trump 39) It is still tough to imagine that Virginia has pushed as far into the Democratic coalition of states over the last (at least) three cycles.

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Opinion analysis: Court upholds “faithless elector” laws

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously rejected two challenges to the constitutionality of so-called “faithless elector” laws, which penalize or remove presidential electors who fail to vote for the candidate they have pledged to support.

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Oral argument analysis: Will the Tenth Amendment make a comeback in the faithless electors cases?

A pair of faithless electors cases from 2016 have made their way to the Supreme Court. (Disclosure: I filed an amicus brief on behalf of myself in support of neither party here.) SCOTUSblog posts for Chiafalo v. Washington and Colorado Department of State v. Baca are here and here.

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The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Campaign Against the Electoral College

But as activist groups become more desperate to overturn our way of electing presidents before voters go the polls in November 2020, their arguments become more absurd and hyperbolic.

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The Coming Reckoning Over the Electoral College

Since the 2016 election, some Democrats have raged against the Electoral College as an anti-democratic institution that does not reflect the will of the people. Some Republicans have defended the institution as protecting the power of small states and preserving the federal system.

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The electoral college is here to stay

Let us now praise an insufficiently famous man, Nevada’s Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak, who in May gave his party’s presidential aspirants a much-needed example of prudence.

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Can states control how presidential electors vote?

When the Supreme Court reopens a new session in October, awaiting the Justices in the pile of work that built up over their summer recess will be a major constitutional case over how America elects its President.

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Making every vote count: An alternative plan for fixing our presidential election mess

Johnson is executive director of Election Reformers Network, an organization of election experts advancing nonpartisan reforms to U.S. democratic institutions.

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Electoral College Members Can Defy Voters’ Wishes, Court Rules

In a ruling that kicks at the foundation of how America chooses presidents, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said members of the Electoral College, who cast the actual votes for president, may choose whomever they please regardless of a state’s popular vote.

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Nevada passes National Popular Vote bill in bid to upend Electoral College

The Nevada Senate approved Tuesday a National Popular Vote bill on a party-line vote, sending the legislation aimed at upending the Electoral College to the governor.

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The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact

This past week, Colorado joined a growing list of states that have signed on to the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC).

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Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College

More voters prefer to elect the president by national, popular vote over the existing Electoral College system, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.

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The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is About To Pass A Major Milestone

When Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, it was the fourth time in American history — and the second time this century — that a candidate won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote.

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Of Course An Independent Candidate Could Become President

In 2011, I authored a novel, From Three to Five ,in which a well-respected governor mounted an independent campaign for president of the United States. Could fiction become fact? Howard Schultz is thinking about running as an independent candidate to become president of the United States.

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Electoral College debate heads to Washington's Supreme Court

Three Washington Democrats will explain Tuesday to the state Supreme Court why they voted against their party's presidential nominee in the 2016 election. The three, Levi Guerra, Esther V. John, and Peter B. Chiafalo, were among 12 Democrats the state sent to the Electoral College.

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