With the presidential election ahead, the Electoral College will make or break who takes the presidency, but many are unhappy with that system. More states are signing up for the National Popular Vote ...
After last fall’s election of La Plata County’s Board of County Commissioners, we read of some county neighbors complaining about the “undemocratic” method used to elect commissioners in our county.
(Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla) LINCOLN — If every state adopted Maine and Nebraska’s unique system of awarding their Electoral College votes for ...
The yawning gap between swing and spectator states destroys common Electoral College defenses. Less populous states are ignored, with Nevada the only battleground among the 31 smallest states.
Louisiana, Ohio, Kansas and West Virginia sued to block illegal immigrants from being counted when apportioning congressional seats and electoral votes.
Vermont Democrat Senator Peter Welch, along with Democrat Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, recently proposed a Constitutional amendment to eliminate the “undemocratic” ...
Because only swing states matter, five presidents have assumed office after losing the popular vote. The yawning gap between swing and spectator states destroys common Electoral College defenses. Less ...
of the United States Constitution by "necessitating an unconstitutional distribution of Electoral College votes among the states." "The Residence Rule also breaches the federal government’s ...
For decades Republicans in GOP-dominated Nebraska have tried and failed to upend the state’s unusual method of splitting its ...