The Movement To Abolish The Electoral College
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The Movement To Abolish The Electoral College
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Author : Marjorie Ann Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
The Movement To Abolish The Electoral College written by Marjorie Ann Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Presidents categories.
Saving The Electoral College
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Author : Robert M. Hardaway
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2019-08-21
Saving The Electoral College written by Robert M. Hardaway and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-21 with Political Science categories.
The 2016 election caused many pundits and citizens alike to decry the Electoral College. This book explains the dangerous and unconstitutional implications of the National Popular Vote Bill, which is quietly passing in state houses across the nation. 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 "national popular vote" winner. In this new history of the Electoral College, law professor Robert M. Hardaway lays bare the constitutional loopholes that have allowed this movement to succeed in states representing approximately half the electoral votes necessary to purportedly bind those states to ignore the popular vote of the people within their respective states. The presentation of the information in this book to state legislatures considering the compact, resulted in complete reversal of preconceived perceptions about how presidential elections should be conducted.
Let The People Pick The President
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Author : Jesse Wegman
language : en
Publisher: All Points Books
Release Date : 2020-03-17
Let The People Pick The President written by Jesse Wegman and has been published by All Points Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-17 with Political Science categories.
“Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with..." —Publishers Weekly The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose? Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question—and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—find that their votes didn't matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president. Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed—now. Isn't it time to let the people pick the president? In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count—and restore belief in our democratic system.
Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College
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Author : Alexander Keyssar
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Why Do We Still Have The Electoral College written by Alexander Keyssar and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Political Science categories.
A New Statesman Book of the Year “America’s greatest historian of democracy now offers an extraordinary history of the most bizarre aspect of our representative democracy—the electoral college...A brilliant contribution to a critical current debate.” —Lawrence Lessig, author of They Don’t Represent Us Every four years, millions of Americans wonder why they choose their presidents through an arcane institution that permits the loser of the popular vote to become president and narrows campaigns to swing states. Congress has tried on many occasions to alter or scuttle the Electoral College, and in this master class in American political history, a renowned Harvard professor explains its confounding persistence. After tracing the tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar outlines the constant stream of efforts since then to abolish or reform it. Why have they all failed? The complexity of the design and partisan one-upmanship have a lot to do with it, as do the difficulty of passing constitutional amendments and the South’s long history of restrictive voting laws. By revealing the reasons for past failures and showing how close we’ve come to abolishing the Electoral College, Keyssar offers encouragement to those hoping for change. “Conclusively demonstrates the absurdity of preserving an institution that has been so contentious throughout U.S. history and has not infrequently produced results that defied the popular will.” —Michael Kazin, The Nation “Rigorous and highly readable...shows how the electoral college has endured despite being reviled by statesmen from James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson to Edward Kennedy, Bob Dole, and Gerald Ford.” —Lawrence Douglas, Times Literary Supplement
Electoral College Reform
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Author : Thomas H. Neale
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 2010-11
Electoral College Reform written by Thomas H. Neale and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11 with Political Science categories.
Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Competing Approaches: Direct Popular Election v. Electoral College Reform; (3) Direct Popular Election: Pro and Con; (4) Electoral College Reform: Pro and Con; (5) Electoral College Amendments Proposed in the 111th Congress; (6) Contemporary Activity in the States; (7) 2004: Colorado Amendment 36; (8) 2007-2008: The Presidential Reform Act (California Counts); (9) 2006-Present: National Popular Vote -- Direct Popular Election Through an Interstate Compact; Origins; The Plan; National Popular Vote, Inc.; Action in the State Legislatures; States That Have Approved NPV; National Popular Vote; (10) Prospects for Change -- An Analysis; (11) State Action -- A Viable Reform Alternative?; (12) Concluding Observations.
The Electoral College
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Author : William C. Kimberling
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Electoral College written by William C. Kimberling and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Electoral college categories.
Amend The Constitution To Abolish The Electoral College System
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Amend The Constitution To Abolish The Electoral College System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with categories.
Amend The Constitution To Abolish The Electoral College System
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1951
Amend The Constitution To Abolish The Electoral College System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1951 with Constitutional amendments categories.
The Politics Of Electoral College Reform
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Author : Lawrence D. Longley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Politics Of Electoral College Reform written by Lawrence D. Longley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Political Science categories.
No Easy Victories
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Author : William Minter
language : en
Publisher: William Minter
Release Date : 2008
No Easy Victories written by William Minter and has been published by William Minter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
African news making headlines today is dominated by disaster: wars, famine, HIV. Those who respond - from stars to ordinary citizens - are learning that real solutions require more than charity. This book provides a comprehensive, panoramic view of US activism in Africa from 1950 to 2000, activism grounded in a common struggle for justice. It portrays organisations, activists and networks that contributed to African liberation and, in turn, shows how African struggles informed US activism, including the civil rights and black power movements.
