Questions tagged [electoral-college]
Some elections are not decided directly by popular vote but by a group of electors. These electors can be selected in several ways, including being elected by popular vote. Use with a relevant country tag.
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Can a state appoint Presidential electors from out-of-state to get around the difficulty of Presidents and VP's being from the same state?
The twelfth amendment to the United States constitution reads:
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot
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If Trump picks Rubio, when would he need to move to avoid losing Florida's electoral votes, and would he then have to resign as Florida senator?
After 03:30 in the June 17, 2024 They were once rivals. Rubio is now helping Trump with debate prep CNN's Randi Kaye explains:
...it's complicated because of this provision in the constitution. Long ...
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Why was the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact written not to take effect until it has an absolute majority of electoral votes?
Closely related: Does the NPVIC only take effect once enough states sign for it to have legal force? . That question asks whether, this question asks why.
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact ...
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Are the US presidential electors the members of House of Representatives?
My question is about the US presidential election. I read that the Electoral College consists of 435 electors, 100 senators and 3 others. Are the 435 electors the members of the House of ...
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How did Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo explain why he vetoed a bill that would ban people from acting as fake electors?
Politico's Nov 15, 2023 Nevada attorney general is investigating false electors who aided Trump in 2020 includes the following, quoting Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford:
...an American lawyer and ...
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Is membership in the European Parliament compatible with membership in the Electoral College for Non-Residents?
When browsing through the lists of candidates for the elections for the Electoral College Non-Residents in The Netherlands on 15 March 2023, I recognised some names of candidates who are currently ...
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In the Dutch senate elections, how is the weighting for the electoral college for non-residents determined?
In The Netherlands, the Senate is elected by members of the provincial parliaments as well as the electoral colleges for the Senate, where the electoral colleges represent voters who do not live in a ...
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How are unavailable United States Presidential elector's replaced before the electoral college meets to vote? [duplicate]
The members of the U. S. Electoral College are chosen in each state on election day in early November. They meet to cast their formal votes In early December.
What happens if an individual elector, ...
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Legal weight of the Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA)
I've been a bit (well, very) confused regarding the proposed Electoral Count Reform Act.
Purportedly, it apparently attempts to (among other things) do the following:
Dictate which state official(s) ...
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Has anyone published a plan for how to modernize the American voting system? [closed]
It’s been said that the American voting system is a relic of the past, with idiosyncratic features due to political negotiations and compromises at the time it was formed. Let’s say in a modern ...
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Why do the states attempt to emulate a popular vote for president?
There seems to be lots of discussion about why oh why do we have an Electoral College in the U.S.A. However, given the fact that we do have an Electoral College, the really seemingly odd thing, IMHO, ...
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How are the electors of the electoral college selected?
How are the electors for each party selected in the US presidential election?
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Argument for why the electoral clause was not violated by balloting changes related to Covid-19
The electoral clause (article II, section I, clause 2) of the U.S. constitution states:
Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to ...
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What is the Legal Process if Electoral Certificates are Damaged?
Plenty of interesting questions have arisen related to the unprecedented riot at the Capitol in Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021. In a recent report printed in the New Yorker, Keith Stern, a ...
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Does anything prevent US state legislatures from directly selecting electors overriding the popular vote in their state?
Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution states "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors".
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