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The Constitution is full of checks and balances, and the Electoral College was created to put some balance in presidential elections. A recent editorial points out how much this matters for smaller s…

Delaware and Colorado have joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, with New Mexico likely to follow soon. It's about being part of The Resistance. Hopefully legislators considering NPV i…

Alexander Hamilton on the Electoral College: "if the manner of it be not perfect, it is at least excellent."

Three common complaints about the presidential election process also apply to Congress.

A Notre Dame law professor rejects claims that the Electoral College is outdated and unfair.

Who wins in one or two elections is a shortsighted way to think about political institutions. Instead, we should think about the incentives an institution creates and whether it tends toward stabilit…

Trent England, writing in The Oklahoman, explains why states would lose under the anti-Electoral College National Popular Vote plan.

The LA Times editorial board often prints anti-Electoral College columns, so yesterday’s piece along these lines is not surprising. Yesterday, however, one LA Times writer attempted to utilize James …

PoliticsPA.com reports that National Popular Vote has launched a new advertising campaign in Pennsylvania. NPV hopes to dampen enthusiasm for a proposal to award Pennsylvania’s electors by congressio…