After the People Vote, Fourth Edition
A Guide to the Electorial College
- 139 pages
- English
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After the People Vote, Fourth Edition
A Guide to the Electorial College
About This Book
Now in its fourth edition, After the People Voteremains an indispensable concise guide to help students and all citizens understand this critical and controversial American political institution. The mechanisms that lead to the final selection of a president are complex. Some procedures are sketched out in the original Constitution and its amendments, and others in federal law, congressional rules and procedures, state laws, and political party rules. This new, expanded edition ofAfter the People Voteâfeaturing new sections on public opinion on the Electoral College and proposals for amending the Electoral College systemâexplains how our system of electing a president works, especially the processes that kick in after the November general election date.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Timelines
- Part I. How the Electoral College Works
- Part II. The History of Disputed Elections
- Part III. Arguments for and Against the Electoral College
- About the Authors
- Notes
- Appendixes