Saving the Electoral College
eBook - ePub

Saving the Electoral College

Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Saving the Electoral College

Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy

About this book

The 2016 election caused many pundits and citizens alike to decry the Electoral College. This book explains the dangerous and unconstitutional implications of the National Popular Vote Bill, which is quietly passing in state houses across the nation. Ever since the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College, Congress has tried to overturn it. The latest attempt is taking place not in Congress, but in state legislatures around the country, where a well-financed campaign by a private California group calling itself "National Popular Vote" (NPV) is proposing an "interstate compact" to circumvent the process for amending the U.S. Constitution. If adopted by states representing a majority of electoral votes, the signatory states would bind themselves to ignore the popular votes within their respective states, and instead allocate their electoral votes to the candidate whom the media proclaimed to be the "national popular vote" winner. In this new history of the Electoral College, law professor Robert M. Hardaway lays bare the constitutional loopholes that have allowed this movement to succeed in states representing approximately half the electoral votes necessary to purportedly bind those states to ignore the popular vote of the people within their respective states. The presentation of the information in this book to state legislatures considering the compact, resulted in complete reversal of preconceived perceptions about how presidential elections should be conducted.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Chapter 1   Introduction: John F. Kennedy’s Vision of Federalism
  10. Chapter 2   The Solar System of Government Power
  11. Chapter 3   Electing a President: The Framers’ Vision
  12. Chapter 4   The Direct Election Illusion
  13. Chapter 5   The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact
  14. Chapter 6   The Grand Compromise and the Unit Vote: Myths and Misdirection
  15. Chapter 7   Presidential Campaigns and Incentives: “That’s Where the Votes Are”
  16. Chapter 8   Legitimacy and Certainty
  17. Chapter 9   The Recount Problem
  18. Chapter 10   Myths about the Electoral College: A Response
  19. Chapter 11   Reform: Proposals and Alternatives
  20. Chapter 12   Conclusion: The Case for Preserving Federalism
  21. Appendix A. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: California’s Bill
  22. Appendix B. Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Relating to the Electoral College
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. About the Author