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Electoral College

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Election 2020

Ted Cruz's Legally Groundless Challenge to Biden's Electoral Votes Was a Disgrace That Should Follow Him Forever

Cruz plunged into the constitutional abyss while Rand Paul stepped back, refusing to sacrifice democracy and the rule of law.

Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2021 2:35 PM

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Capitol Riot

'Our Democracy Would Enter a Death Spiral': McConnell Rebukes Electoral Challenge Minutes Before Protesters Storm Capitol

The warning came a bit too late.

Billy Binion | 1.6.2021 4:36 PM

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Capitol Riot

Congress Suspends Electoral College Certification as Protesters Storm U.S. Capitol

Wild scenes are unfolding at the U.S. Capitol, which is now on lockdown amid clashes between pro-Trump protestors and police.

Eric Boehm | 1.6.2021 2:47 PM

vote fraud

Only Two House Republicans Genuinely Believe Vote Counts Were Severely Compromised

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) called his colleagues' bluff yesterday.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.4.2021 8:57 AM

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Election 2020

Trump Promotes a Doomed Electoral Vote Challenge As Even Diehard Supporters Admit He Lost

The strategy of lodging objections under the Electoral Count Act has been tried before, but it has never succeeded.

Jacob Sullum | 12.16.2020 1:20 PM

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Election 2020

Mitch McConnell and Several Other GOP Senators Finally Acknowledge Biden's Victory

The president and his diehard allies in Congress continue to insist the election was stolen.

Jacob Sullum | 12.15.2020 2:50 PM

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Electoral College

The Electoral College: Keep or Replace? A Soho Forum Debate

Richard Epstein vs. Lawrence Lessig

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2020 5:28 PM

Donald Trump

State Legislatures and Presidential Electors

Trump's hope that state legislatures will replace Democratic presidential electors with Republican electors will be dashed.

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.20.2020 2:10 PM

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Electoral College

Abolish the Electoral College? A Soho Forum Debate

Law professors Richard Epstein and Lawrence Lessig go head-to-head.

Nick Gillespie | 11.18.2020 1:45 PM

Electoral College

State Legislatures Should Stay Out of the Presidential Contest

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.7.2020 1:31 PM

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Election 2020

Joe Biden Declared Winner of Presidential Race

All major news organizations are now reporting that Biden has won enough Electoral College votes, even as Trump mounts potential legal challenges.

Billy Binion | 11.7.2020 11:33 AM

Election 2020

Our Curious Electoral System

Nebraska (!) may well turn out to have provided the critical vote for a Biden victory

David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.5.2020 8:49 AM

Electoral College

A Very Interesting New Electoral College Work-Around

Those of you who dislike the Electoral College should find this idea of interest

David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 9.3.2020 5:05 PM

Supreme Court

Do We Really Need the Supreme Court to Decide the "Faithless Elector" Cases Now?

The Court could have, and probably should have, pushed these cases over to the 2020-21 Term

David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.23.2020 3:05 PM

Electoral College

The Return of the "Faithless Elector"

The Supreme Court agrees to hear two cases on the scope of presidential elector discretion

David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.18.2020 10:22 AM

Electoral College

Is the "Faithless Elector" Coming to the Supreme Court?

A recently-filed cert petition gives the Court a good opportunity to rule on the constitutional role of presidential electors

David Post |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.7.2019 1:40 PM

Electoral College

The Worst Defense of the Electoral College Yet

Will a popular vote produce more fraud?

Stephen Sachs |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.25.2019 1:20 PM

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Electoral College

Election Integrity and the Electoral College

One underappreciated benefit of voting by states.

Stephen Sachs |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.24.2019 3:13 PM

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The Electoral College Is Just OK

Somewhere south of "a work of genius"; somewhere north of "a disaster for our democracy."

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.22.2019 11:03 AM

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Request for local counsel in Washington State

Amicus brief on electoral college discretion

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.19.2018 1:56 PM

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Electoral College

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 'Eliminate' Electoral College, It 'Undermines' Democracy

The socialist candidate fails to grapple with why we have the Electoral College in the first place.

Joe Setyon | 10.8.2018 5:30 PM

Electoral College

Presidential electors can vote with discretion

Amicus brief explains that States cannot compel presidential electors to vote a certain way.

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.2.2018 4:42 PM

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Electoral College

No, The Electoral College Isn't Rigged to Favor Rural Trumpism

It's time to put the myth of electoral bias out of its misery.

Phillip W. Magness | 11.15.2017 2:00 PM

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Election 2016

Don't Abolish The Electoral College, Abolish The Popular Vote

The popular vote doesn't matter, so why continue pretending that it does? It only causes confusion and frustration. There's better ways.

Eric Boehm | 12.29.2016 2:40 PM

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Electoral College

Campaign 2016 Comes to a Suitably Strange End As Ron Paul, Faith Spotted Eagle, Bernie Sanders, John Kasich, and Colin Powell Pick Up Votes in the Electoral College

Five Democrats and two Republicans rebel.

Jesse Walker | 12.19.2016 7:13 PM

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It's Electoral College Day and Donald Trump is STILL Going to Be President

In the unlikely event of a large revolt of "faithless electors," Congress will still make Trump president.

Anthony Fisher | 12.19.2016 11:25 AM

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Election 2016

Liberal Celebrity Videos Failed to Stop Donald Trump, But Trump's Victory Has Failed to Stop Liberal Celebrity Videos

Martin Sheen, Moby, and others beg "Hamilton Electors" to stop Trump from taking the White House in earnest, incoherent video.

Anthony Fisher | 12.15.2016 10:45 AM

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Donald Trump

Why 'Hamilton Electors,' Who Would Make Hillary Clinton President, Are as Dead as Their Namesake

Desperate Democrats would subvert the Constitution to deny Donald Trump the Oval Office.

Anthony Fisher | 12.14.2016 10:15 AM

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Electoral College

The Return of the Rogue Electors

Sometimes a member of the Electoral College doesn't vote the way he's pledged to vote. But will that actually change the outcome?

Jesse Walker | 11.7.2016 4:40 PM

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Could Trump Lose the Way Gore Lost?

Electoral College math makes victory a challenge.

Steve Chapman | 11.7.2016 12:01 AM

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The Other Way an Alternative Candidate Could Pick Up an Electoral Vote

When electors defect

Jesse Walker | 10.13.2016 1:30 PM

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Ted Cruz

Why Would Cruz Insult New Yorkers? Thank the Electoral College.

This outdated system gives him no reason to care about offending states he can't possibly win.

Steve Chapman | 1.25.2016 12:01 AM

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Foreign Policy

The Strange Source of Our Cuba Policy

What does the Electoral College have to do with our shunning of Cuba? Plenty.

Steve Chapman | 12.22.2014 9:15 AM

Libertarian Party

Tonie Nathan, R.I.P. (The First Woman to Receive an Electoral Vote for Vice President)

Brian Doherty | 3.20.2014 9:45 PM

Electoral College

Rhode Island Brings US More Than Halfway to Overruling Electoral College

A compact between several states will award their electoral votes to the popular vote once they have enough to secure the election

Reason Staff | 8.3.2013 7:30 PM

Virginia

Virginia Redistricting Bill Halted

Republican Speaker stops GOP plan to game system to their own benefit

Reason Staff | 2.7.2013 1:00 PM

Virginia

Virginia GOP Follows Bad Examples Set by Dems

At the moment, Virginia Republicans are stronger than Democrats.

A. Barton Hinkle | 1.30.2013 1:30 PM

Campaigns/Elections

Poll: 63 Percent of Americans Would Vote to Abolish Electoral College

75 percent would also vote for term limits

Reason Staff | 1.18.2013 10:20 AM

Election 2012

Obama Wins Electoral College

Bummer. I was holding out for a surprise Gary Johnson victory.

Reason Staff | 12.17.2012 10:44 PM

Republican Party

The Future of Republican Support for the Electoral College

Will conservatives still favor it if Democrats win the White House despite losing the popular vote?

Steve Chapman | 11.15.2012 10:30 AM

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