Proposals for presidential election reform : national popular vote and electoral college options / Maureen Stone, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stone, Maureen, editor.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election law--United States.

Election law.

Presidents--United States--Election.

Presidents.

Electoral college--United States.

Electoral college.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. This book monitors the NPV's progress in the states and identifies and provides an analysis of further developments as warranted. When Americans vote for President and Vice President, they are actually choosing presidential electors, known collectively as the Electoral College. It is these officials who choose the President and Vice President of the United States. T

Contents:

PROPOSALS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REFORM: NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE OPTIONS; PROPOSALS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REFORM: NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE OPTIONS; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INITIATIVE: DIRECT ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT BY INTERSTATE COMPACT; Chapter 2: ELECTORAL COLLEGE REFORM: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Chapter 3: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE: HOW IT WORKS IN CONTEMPORARY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-934-4