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.Source: The electoral college is here to stay...
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.Source: Can states control how presidential electors vote?...
Johnson is executive director of Election Reformers Network, an organization of election experts advancing nonpartisan reforms to U.S. democratic institutions.Source: Making every vote count: An alternative plan for fixing our presidential election mess...
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.Source: Electoral College Members Can Defy Voters’ Wishes, Court Rules...
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.Source: Nevada passes National Popular Vote bill in bid to upend Electoral College...
This past week, Colorado joined a growing list of states that have signed on to the National Popular Vote Compact (NPVC).Source: The Danger of the National Popular Vote Compact...
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.Source: Poll: Voters prefer popular vote over Electoral College...
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.Source: The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is About To Pass A Major Milestone...
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.Source: Of Course An Independent Candidate Could Become President...
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.Source: Electoral College debate heads to Washington's Supreme Court...
