Publication Date

1-1-2019

Document Type

Book

Organizational Units

Sturm College of Law

Keywords

National popular vote, NPV, Electoral college, Presidential elections, Federalism

Abstract

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.

Rights Holder

Robert M. Hardaway

Provenance

Received from author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

27 pgs

File Size

10.1 MB

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance. Book available from publisher at: https://www.abc-clio.com/products/A6031C/

Publication Title

Praeger

First Page

1

Last Page

27

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