Taming the Electoral College / Robert W. Bennett.
2022
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Title
Taming the Electoral College / Robert W. Bennett.
Imprint
Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2006
Description
1 online resource (288 p.)
Formatted Contents Note
Frontmatter
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. A Critical Short History of the Electoral College, Part I: From the Constitutional Convention Through the Twelfth Amendment
3. A Critical Short History of the Electoral College, Part II: Operating Under the Twelfth Amen
4. Evaluating the Electoral College: The Nationwide Popular Vote Alternative
5. The Contingent Procedure for Selection of the President by the House of Representatives
6. The Case of Two Candidates Ending Up in an Electoral College Tie
7. The Problem of Faithless Electors
8. Electoral Votes for Third-Party (or Independent) Candidates
9. Miscellaneous Pitfalls in the Electoral College Process
10. Popular Election of the President Without a Constitutional Amendment
11. Conclusion
Notes
Index
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. A Critical Short History of the Electoral College, Part I: From the Constitutional Convention Through the Twelfth Amendment
3. A Critical Short History of the Electoral College, Part II: Operating Under the Twelfth Amen
4. Evaluating the Electoral College: The Nationwide Popular Vote Alternative
5. The Contingent Procedure for Selection of the President by the House of Representatives
6. The Case of Two Candidates Ending Up in an Electoral College Tie
7. The Problem of Faithless Electors
8. Electoral Votes for Third-Party (or Independent) Candidates
9. Miscellaneous Pitfalls in the Electoral College Process
10. Popular Election of the President Without a Constitutional Amendment
11. Conclusion
Notes
Index
Summary
Taming the Electoral College explores poorly understood aspects of the electoral college, including two possibilities in particular that could pose the most serious danger for American democracy. These are, first, determination of the president by "faithless electors" who ignore the popular vote in their states, and, second, choice of the president in the House of Representatives, which is required if no electoral college majority votes in favor of a single candidate. In any given election, neither of these outcomes is likely, but the 2000 election showed that we would do well to take both of them seriously and take action now to prevent them from occurring. Both possibilities could be dealt with by constitutional amendment, but amendment is difficult to achieve, particularly as it bears on the electoral college process. This engaging book instead offers nonconstitutional solutions to the two possibilities, as well as to a variety of other problems that lurk in the shadows of the electoral college process. It also offers a way to work toward popular election of the president without a constitutional amendment.
Language Note
In English.
Available Note
Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
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DeGruyter online
Language
English
ISBN
9781503625976
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