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Saving The Electoral College: Why The National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy, Robert M. Hardaway
Saving The Electoral College: Why The National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy, Robert M. Hardaway
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Ever since the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College, Congress has tried to overturn it. The latest attempt is taking place not in Congress, but in state legislatures around the country, where a well-financed campaign by a private California group calling itself "National Popular Vote" (NPV) is proposing an "interstate compact" to circumvent the process for amending the U.S. Constitution. If adopted by states representing a majority of electoral votes, the signatory states would bind themselves to ignore the popular votes within their respective states, and instead allocate their electoral votes to the candidate whom the media proclaimed to be …
The Electoral College And The Constitution : The Case For Preserving Federalism, Robert M. Hardaway
The Electoral College And The Constitution : The Case For Preserving Federalism, Robert M. Hardaway
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
This study examines how the Electoral College actually works, how it is supposed to work, and how it might be reformed. Robert Hardaway first looks at the Constitutional Convention, the Twelfth Amendment, and historical elections where the Electoral College has come into play, providing the historical background to the present-day College.