After the people vote : a guide to the Electoral College / edited by John C. Fortier ; [includes essays by Walter Berns ... and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fortier, John C.

Berns, Walter, 1919-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electoral college--United States.

Electoral college.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election.

Presidents.

Physical Description:

xv, 103 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, [2004]

Summary:

The extraordinary presidential election contest in 2000 raised new issues about the electoral process. In the third edition of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, leading constitutional, political, and legal scholars use examples from that controversial election and other disputed elections to explain how the electoral college works. It features all-new essays arguing for and against the Electoral College, as well as appendices that are updated and expanded to include Electoral College and popular vote totals from past presidential elections. An added section concentrates on the period between Election Day in November and the casting of votes by electors in December. After the People Vote is the only book of its kind that is keyed to the specific dates between Election Day and the inauguration, which allows the reader to focus on the key procedural issues at each juncture of the election.

Contents:

Timeline for the elections of 2004 and 2008

pt. I. How the Electoral College works. 1. How are electors appointed?

2. For whom do electors vote?

3. How are the electoral votes counted?

4. What if no one has a majority?

5. What if no one has been chosen by Inauguration Day?

6. What if a major party candidate dies or resigns?

pt. II. The history of disputed elections. 7. Three disputed elections : 1800, 1824, 1876 / Norman J. Ornstein

8. The 2000 election / John C. Fortier

pt. III. Arguments for and against the Electoral College. 9. Let's hear it for the Electoral College / Walter Berns

10. Why old and new arguments for the Electoral College are not compelling / Akhil Reed Amar and Vikram David Amar

11. Excerpts from "The Electoral College and the American idea of democracy" / Martin Diamond

Appendixes: A. Provisions in the Constitution for presidential selection ; B. Statutory provisions for presidential selection ; C. Nomination and binding of presidential electors ; D. 1825 precedents ; E. Party rules ; F. Allocation of electoral votes among the states for 2004 and 2008 ; G. Faithless electors ; H. Electoral College and popular vote outcomes of all elections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100).

ISBN:

0844742023

OCLC:

55138722