It’s no stretch to call Vikram David Amar, who is the Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law, one of the “intellectual Godfathers” of the National Popu…

One line of attack made by opponents of the Electoral College is that it is inherently racist, both in original intent and in application over the years. There’s not much dispute that the three-fifth…

Voters in Colorado will decide this November whether to enact or reject the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV). The campaign behind NPV, and most of its money, comes from California. So i…

Even a simple game must have a set of rules. And when the competition is most fierce, that’s when the rules matter the most.Our Constitution provides the set of rules for governing our country. It af…

Prolific author and law professor Richard Epstein published a defense of the Electoral College last Saturday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. After a succinct description of the history leading to th…

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…

While the outcome remains uncertain, the Electoral College is working as designed. Each state ran its own election and now each is responsible for fairly counting its votes. Any disputes will be cont…

Key PointsElection fraud continues to be a serious problem, and the National Popular Vote interstate compact would make it worse.In the current system, it is difficult to commit fraud in competitive …

Normally I would come to bury, not praise, an editorial that calls for abolishing the Electoral College. But as I read Monday’s Washington Post editorial I couldn’t help but notice that, while genera…

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…