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Taming the electoral college / Robert W. Bennett.
LIBRA KF4911 .B46 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Robert W. (Robert William), 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electoral college--United States.
- Electoral college.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States--Election.
- Presidents.
- Election law--United States.
- Election law.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2006.
- Summary:
- This book examines the history and weaknesses of the electoral college and proposes reforms that could be made to our electoral process without a constitutional amendment.
- Contents:
- A critical short history of the electoral college, part I: from the Constitutional Convention through the Twelfth Amendment
- A critical short history of the electoral college, part II: operating under the Twelfth Amendment
- Evaluating the electoral college: the nationwide popular vote alternative
- The contingent procedure for selection of the President by the House of Representatives
- The case of two candidates ending up in an electoral college tie
- The problem of faithless electors
- Electoral votes for third-party (or independent) candidates
- Miscellaneous pitfalls in the electoral college process
- Popular election of the President without a constitutional amendment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0804754098
- 0804754101
- OCLC:
- 61724385
- Publisher Number:
- 9780804754095
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