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Aug 03 2020
Interactive Debate
Should the Electoral College be abolished?
The Electoral College encourages candidates to focus their campaigns in a small group of swing states rather than the country as a whole.
Kialo
Aug 03 2020
Top Argument
Fix the Electoral College — Or Scrap It
If you were looking for the perfect distillation of how dysfunctional the American system of electing the president is, it would be hard to top last week’s federal appeals court ruling allowing “electors” — the members of the Electoral College — to vote for whomever they want, rather than the candidate they were pledged to support.
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New York Times (Opinion)
Apr 27 2020
Interactive Debate
Should the electoral college be abolished?
The electoral college determines the outcome of all US presidential elections, but for many Americans, the process remains a mystery. Today comprised of 538 “electors,” the electoral college was created by the Founding Fathers out of concern that direct elections by the masses could result in unqualified individuals obtaining the nation’s highest office. But recent controversies have made many
Kialo
Sep 20 2023
News
Judge hears arguments from Trump electors seeking a move to federal court
Three Republican electors charged in Fulton County with conspiring to overturn the 2020 presidential election asked a judge Wednesday to transfer their cases to federal court. Attorneys for former GOP Chairman David Shafer, state Sen. Shawn Still and former Coffee County GOP Chairwoman Cathy Latham argued in a hearing that their clients were federal officials when they and 13 others met in
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mar 20 2019
Opinion
OPINION: In Defense of the Electoral College
Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined a growing chorus within the Democratic party in calling for the abolition of the Electoral College. Speaking at a forum in Mississippi on Monday night, Warren said that she hoped to ensure that “every vote matters” and proposed that “the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting, and that means get rid of the Electoral College.”
Guest Writer - Right
Aug 31 2023
News
McConnell abandoned by post-Trump Republican electorate
During the four-year period from 2016 to 2020, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell labored under the illusion he was using Donald Trump's tenure in the White House to achieve his own political ends. But all the while, Trump was stealing the Republican Party out from under McConnell. That actuality was on full display again Wednesday during a speech McConnell gave in Kentucky. “I’m
Daily Kos
Jul 19 2023
News
Michigan charges false electors
A group of Michigan Republicans who allegedly posed as electoral college members after the 2020 election are now facing felony charges. Prosecutors allege the 16 people, including former state Republican Party co-chair Meshawn Maddock, tried to award the state’s electoral college votes to Donald Trump. That’s despite him losing the state by around 154,000 votes. Attorney General Dana Nessel
WEMU
May 14 2018
News
The Electoral College Favors Republicans
The Democratic coalition of upscale whites and racial and ethnic minorities is concentrated in a few areas, leaving many states to go narrowly for the GOP.
National Review
Aug 23 2023
News
Eastman, elector-plan proponent, surrenders
ATLANTA -- John Eastman, the conservative attorney who pushed a plan to keep Donald Trump in power, surrendered to authorities Tuesday on charges in the Georgia case alleging an illegal plot to overturn the former president's 2020 election loss. Eastman was booked at the Fulton County jail and is expected to have an arraignment in the coming weeks in the sprawling racketeering case. He was
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sep 20 2023
News
A Blue Ribbon for Beaufort Early College High School
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - On Tuesday, Sept. 19th, the National Blue Ribbon Award was presented to Beaufort Early College High School. The National Blue Ribbon program awards public and private elementary, middle, and high schools for their exemplary achievements. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in
WITN