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Author : Judith Best
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book The Case Against Direct Election of the President written by Judith Best and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Judith Best
Publisher : Ithaca : Cornell University Press
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Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Case Against Direct Election of the President written by Judith Best and published by Ithaca : Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents refutations of arguments in support of direct election of the president and, assembling supportive data on electoral and popular votes, argues for retention of the present electoral system.
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Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Case Aganist Direct Election of the President written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jesse Wegman
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250221986
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Let the People Pick the President written by Jesse Wegman and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Wegman combines in-depth historical analysis and insight into contemporary politics to present a cogent argument that the Electoral College violates America’s ‘core democratic principles’ and should be done away with..." —Publishers Weekly The framers of the Constitution battled over it. Lawmakers have tried to amend or abolish it more than 700 times. To this day, millions of voters, and even members of Congress, misunderstand how it works. It deepens our national divide and distorts the core democratic principles of political equality and majority rule. How can we tolerate the Electoral College when every vote does not count the same, and the candidate who gets the most votes can lose? Twice in the last five elections, the Electoral College has overridden the popular vote, calling the integrity of the entire system into question—and creating a false picture of a country divided into bright red and blue blocks when in fact we are purple from coast to coast. Even when the popular-vote winner becomes president, tens of millions of Americans—Republicans and Democrats alike—find that their votes didn't matter. And, with statewide winner-take-all rules, only a handful of battleground states ultimately decide who will become president. Now, as political passions reach a boiling point at the dawn of the 2020 race, the message from the American people is clear: The way we vote for the only official whose job it is to represent all Americans is neither fair nor just. Major reform is needed—now. Isn't it time to let the people pick the president? In this thoroughly researched and engaging call to arms, Supreme Court journalist and New York Times editorial board member Jesse Wegman draws upon the history of the founding era, as well as information gleaned from campaign managers, field directors, and other officials from twenty-first-century Democratic and Republican presidential campaigns, to make a powerful case for abolishing the antiquated and antidemocratic Electoral College. In Let the People Pick the President he shows how we can at long last make every vote in the United States count—and restore belief in our democratic system.
Author : Neal R. Peirce
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
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Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The People's President written by Neal R. Peirce and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1968 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed statement of the case for reform of the allegedly outmoded system of electing the President of the United States.
Author : Thomas H. Neale
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1437925693
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (379 download)
Download or read book Electoral College Reform written by Thomas H. Neale and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Intro.; (2) Competing Approaches: Direct Popular Election v. Electoral College Reform; (3) Direct Popular Election: Pro and Con; (4) Electoral College Reform: Pro and Con; (5) Electoral College Amendments Proposed in the 111th Congress; (6) Contemporary Activity in the States; (7) 2004: Colorado Amendment 36; (8) 2007-2008: The Presidential Reform Act (California Counts); (9) 2006-Present: National Popular Vote -- Direct Popular Election Through an Interstate Compact; Origins; The Plan; National Popular Vote, Inc.; Action in the State Legislatures; States That Have Approved NPV; National Popular Vote; (10) Prospects for Change -- An Analysis; (11) State Action -- A Viable Reform Alternative?; (12) Concluding Observations.
Author : George C. Edwards III
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300249659
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America written by George C. Edwards III and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of the best-known book critiquing the U.S. electoral college In this third edition of the definitive book on the unique system by which Americans choose a president—and why that system should be changed—George Edwards includes a new chapter focusing on the 2016 election. “As the U.S. hurtles toward yet another election in which the popular vote loser may become president, Edwards’s book is essential reading. It clearly and methodically punctures myths about the Electoral College’s benefits.”—Richard L. Hasen, author of The Voting Wars “Supported by both history and data, George Edwards convincingly argues the Electoral College is anti†‘democratic, anti†‘equality, and anti†‘common sense. We should dismantle it, and soon.”—Kent Greenfield, author of Corporations Are People Too (And They Should Act Like It)
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution
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Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Electoral College and Direct Election of the President written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Bar Association
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Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (225 download)
Download or read book The Case for Direct Popular Election of the President and Vice President of the United States written by American Bar Association and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)
Download or read book The Electoral College and Direct Election of the President written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Y 4.J 89/1:S.HRG.102-1124
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments
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Total Pages : 962 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Election of the President written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence D. Longley
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Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Politics of Electoral College Reform written by Lawrence D. Longley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Congressional Digest Corporation
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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (92 download)
Download or read book The Proposal for the Direct Election of the President written by Congressional Digest Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Total Pages : 970 pages
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Download or read book Election of the President written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrew Nolan
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ISBN 13 : 9781705363669
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (636 download)
Download or read book The National Popular Vote (NPV) Initiative written by Andrew Nolan and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Popular Vote (NPV) initiative proposes an agreement among the states, an interstate compact that would effectively achieve direct popular election of the President and Vice President without a constitutional amendment. It relies on the Constitution's grant of authority to the states in Article II, Section 1 to appoint presidential electors "in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct.... " Any state that joins the NPV compact pledges that if the compact comes into effect, its legislature will award all the state's electoral votes to the presidential ticket that wins the most popular votes nationwide, regardless of who wins in that particular state. The compact would, however, come into effect only if its success has been assured; that is, only if states controlling a majority of electoral votes (270 or more) join the compact. At present, 15 states and the District of Columbia, jointly accounting for 196 electoral votes, have joined the compact. Adoption of the compact in the states has been uneven: after approval by 8 states and the District of Columbia between 2007 and 2011, the pace slowed, but since 2018, the compact has regained momentum as 5 additional states with 31 electoral votes joined. As of October 2019, NPV legislation was pending in 2 states with a total of 25 electoral votes where the legislature was in session. In 5 other states with 45 votes, NPV remained "live" and eligible to be "carried over" for consideration when their legislatures reconvene for their 2020 session. Opposition has emerged in some states.
Author : William T. Gossett
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Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (722 download)
Download or read book The Case for Direct Popular Election of the President and Vice President of the United States written by William T. Gossett and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States Committee on Th Judiciary
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365903741
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Direct Popular Election of the President and Vice President of the United States written by United States Committee on Th Judiciary and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05-05 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Direct Popular Election of the President and Vice President of the United States: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session, on S. J. Res. 28; March 27, 30, April 3, and 9, 1979 Third, we should concentrate on removing the last vestiges of outmoded technicalities or administrative barriers that make it impossible for otherwise qualified citizens to vote. For example, polls should remain open for longer hours, preferably on a 24-hour basis, so that citizens have an expanded choice of convenient times for balloting. And I have even suggested that the entire country go on central time on election day, so we could do away with Walter Cronkite trying to influence a' few votes out of northern California into some service station up in New Hampshire. Fourth, we should amend the electoral college system by making it representative. In other words, if Mr. Smith gets 55 percent of the votes and Mr. Jones 45 percent in a State, then divide the electoral votes up in that manner and do away with the winner taking all, even if the winning margin is only by a one-tenth of 1 percent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
