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The 100 Million Project
Election Integrity
May 21, 2020 | Gabriella Novello
Tags: democracy, electoral college, non-voters, US voter turnout

America Abstains: Millions of Voters Have Lost Faith in US Democracy

Reading Time: 4 minutes Nearly 100 million eligible Americans do not cast a ballot in an average presidential election. Many of them are disillusioned. Can anything be done to restore their faith in democracy?

Supreme Court, Chiafalo v Washington Oral Argument, C-SPAN
Presidential Election
May 14, 2020 | Gabriella Novello
Tags: electoral college, faithless electors, Supreme Court

Supreme Court Battle Over Electoral College Begins

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday on a case that could impact the outcome of the 2020 election.

electoral college
Blog Posts
March 18, 2020 | Harvey A. Schwartz
Tags: electoral college, National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

The Electoral College: Rubber Stamp or Kingmaker?

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Supreme Court is about to decide whether members of the Electoral College are symbolic rubber stamps or the persons who really choose the president.

National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, map
US Politics
December 18, 2019 | Gabriella Novello
Tags: 2020 elections, electoral college, presidential election

Are Americans Ready to Junk the Electoral College?

Reading Time: 5 minutes A growing number of 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have said the Electoral College is undemocratic and needs to be replaced. But, with what?

Michael Barnett, electoral college, elector
Election Integrity
August 29, 2019 | Gabriella Novello
Tags: electoral college, popular vote, voter compact

What Recent Court Rulings Mean for ‘Antiquated’ Electoral College

Reading Time: 6 minutes Five of the 45 US presidents won their election without winning the popular vote. A movement to institute a national popular vote aims to prevent that from happening again.

electoral college, protest
Opinion
August 27, 2019 | Chris Gay
Tags: electoral college, faithless elector, Trump

Donald Trump, Hamilton’s Nightmare

Reading Time: 4 minutes A federal court ruling in favor of “faithless” electors may have come just in time. With his recent reckless comments, Trump reaffirms that he is precisely the sort of president the framers of the Constitution feared.

2016 Electoral Vote
Presidential Election
December 20, 2016 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: electoral college, media

How the World Press Saw Trump Electoral College Confirmation

Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes perspectives from afar tell us more than the chatter from Washington and New York. Here’s what some of the foreign media had to say about Donald Trump’s Electoral College triumph.

Mutiny, Electoral College
Presidential Election
December 14, 2016 | Klaus Marre
Tags: electoral college

Is There Anything to an Electoral College Mutiny?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Anti-Trump forces are pinning their last hopes on a revolt in the Electoral College next Monday. Could that actually happen?

Presidential Election
November 8, 2016 | WhoWhatWhy Staff
Tags: election, electoral college

The Electoral College Is an Undemocratic Mess

Reading Time: < 1 minute We live in a democratic society. Or so we are told. Yet many Americans don’t understand how the Electoral College impedes democracy.

Presidential Election, US Politics
November 29, 2012 | Russ Baker
Tags: democracy, election reform, electoral college, presidential elections

The Post-Election Project: Should America Have a National Popular Vote?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Replacing the controversial and disenfranchising Electoral College with a straight national popular vote sounds impossible. Or is it? Under the radar, an effort to create a national vote may be on its way to eventual success.

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