To the editor: I fully agree with George Skelton’s views on the electoral college. In 1989, as a newly elected member of the Democratic National Committee from California, I submitted a resolution ...
The Nebraska Legislature killed a bill Tuesday that aimed to unify the state’s Electoral College votes behind one candidate after its existing split method drew national interest during the 2024 ...
After last fall’s election of La Plata County’s Board of County Commissioners, we read of some county neighbors complaining about the “undemocratic” method used to elect commissioners in our county.
Every presidential election cycle, Americans cast their votes for candidates who align with their values and priorities. However, the outcome is ultimately determined by the 237-year-old Electoral ...
Despite Donald Trump getting 77.3 million votes of Americans last month, 2.3 million more than Kamala Harris, he won’t win the presidential election until today, when the Electoral College meets in 50 ...
A big-picture question in our current political climate is: Does the Electoral College truly represent the people of the U.S.? And if we were to abolish it, would elections be more fair and inclusive?
It’s still well under the radar, but the movement to circumvent the Electoral College gained ground this week. On Sunday, Jared Polis, governor of Colorado, said he would sign a bill to join the ...
The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become ...
If it is wrong to reapportion the popular vote under the Electoral College, as some critics claim, then how does it suddenly become right to reapportion the popular vote under a national compact? It ...
Ben Sheehan provides a comprehensive exploration of the Electoral College. Ben Sheehan unpacks the Electoral College's intricate complicated history and current complexities in this episode of “Civics ...
On election night, Americans across the country were focused on one number: 270. It’s a well-known – and hotly-contentious – fact that in American politics, presidential candidates must win 270 ...
Come to Constitution Day, Sept. 17, at Purdue University Calumet. The League of Women Voters of the Calumet Area is particularly interested in a panel discussion on the electoral college in the Y Jean ...