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Posted by Trent England in Electoral College on Dec 14, 2020
Many Americans don’t understand how the process to elect our president functions. Today, we will walk through a few of the most common questions and misunderstandings about the Electoral College. Wh…
Read More →The Electoral College and Campaign 2020
Posted by Trent England in Electoral College on Nov 25, 2020
Every four years, millions of Americans wind up on the losing side and thus disappointed by the presidential election. These wins and losses too often color how we see our political institutions. Thi…
Read More →Why do we have the Electoral College?
Posted by Sean Parnell in Electoral College on Sep 16, 2020
Key Points Only two methods of selecting the president were seriously considered at the Constitutional Convention: congressional appointment or electors. Direct election was seen as impractical: too …
Read More →Civil rights icon defended the Electoral College forty years ago
Posted by Harry Roth in Electoral College on Aug 18, 2020
Failed political movements often return from the grave like zombies; bad ideas of fifty years ago appear again draped in different clothing. After being defeated decades ago, proponents of abolishing…
Read More →North Carolina Op-Ed Falsely Links Slavery and the Electoral College
Posted by Sean Parnell in Electoral College on Jul 15, 2020
An oft-repeated but false claim about the Electoral College is that it was created as part of a bargain to preserve slavery and bolster the political power of Southern states. A recent op-ed in the H…
Read More →New book: “Why We Must Defend the Electoral College”
Posted by Trent England in Electoral College on May 05, 2020
Why is the Electoral College in the Constitution? How does it work? And why worry about keeping it? I wrote “Why We Must Defend the Electoral College” to answer these questions. The system we use to …
Read More →About that “plenary” and “exclusive” power…
Posted by Sean Parnell in Electoral College on Mar 30, 2020
One of the key questions about the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) is: Is it constitutional? For advocates of NPV, there is no question – the Constitution vests “exclusive” and “plenar…
Read More →Tyranny of the Majority and Winner-Take-All
Posted by Sean Parnell in Electoral College on Nov 21, 2019
One of the many arguments for retaining the Electoral College and its state-by-state process for electing the president is that it provides a check on raw majoritarian power, sometimes referred to as…
Read More →The Electoral College protects Middle America
Posted by Guest Author in Electoral College on May 24, 2019
SOS Director Trent England writes in USA Today that the National Popular Vote interstate compact, if it takes effect, would mean “rural and small town Americans who supply our food and energy will lo…
Read More →Time is running out
There is a real, immediate threat to the constitutional way we elect our president. National Popular Vote is 76% of the way to implementing their dangerous plan.