LEADER 04174nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910811875703321 005 20240912164122.0 010 $a979-82-16-01095-1 010 $a979-82-16-14167-9 010 $a1-4408-6996-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9798216010951 035 $a(OCoLC)1099546844 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL86LA 035 $a(OCoLC)1388633315 035 $a(UkLoBP)BP9798216010951BC 035 $a(CKB)4100000008870299 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5845488 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008870299 100 $a20230710d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSaving the electoral college $ewhy the national popular vote would undermine democracy /$fRobert M. Hardaway 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, CT :$cPraeger,$d2019. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a1-4408-6995-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: John F. Kennedy's Vision of Federalism Chapter 2 The Solar System of Government Power Chapter 3 Electing a President: The Framers' Vision Chapter 4 The Direct Election Illusion Chapter 5 The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact Chapter 6 The Grand Compromise and the Unit Vote: Myths and Misdirection Chapter 7 Presidential Campaigns and Incentives: "That's Where the Votes Are" Chapter 8 Legitimacy and Certainty Chapter 9 The Recount Problem Chapter 10 Myths about the Electoral College: A Response Chapter 11 Reform: Proposals and Alternatives Chapter 12 Conclusion: The Case for Preserving Federalism Appendix A. National Popular Vote Interstate Compact: California's Bill Appendix B. Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Relating to the Electoral College Notes Bibliography Index 330 $aThe 2016 election caused many pundits and citizens alike to decry the Electoral College. This book explains the dangerous and unconstitutional implications of the National Popular Vote Bill, which is quietly passing in state houses across the nation. Ever since the Founding Fathers created the Electoral College, Congress has tried to overturn it. The latest attempt is taking place not in Congress, but in state legislatures around the country, where a well-financed campaign by a private California group calling itself "National Popular Vote" (NPV) is proposing an "interstate compact" to circumvent the process for amending the U.S. Constitution. If adopted by states representing a majority of electoral votes, the signatory states would bind themselves to ignore the popular votes within their respective states, and instead allocate their electoral votes to the candidate whom the media proclaimed to be the "national popular vote" winner. In this new history of the Electoral College, law professor Robert M. Hardaway lays bare the constitutional loopholes that have allowed this movement to succeed in states representing approximately half the electoral votes necessary to purportedly bind those states to ignore the popular vote of the people within their respective states. The presentation of the information in this book to state legislatures considering the compact, resulted in complete reversal of preconceived perceptions about how presidential elections should be conducted. 606 $aElections & referenda 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 606 $aDirect election$zUnited States 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection 606 $aElectoral college$zUnited States 615 7$aElections & referenda 615 0$aDemocracy 615 0$aDirect election 615 0$aPresidents$xElection. 615 0$aElectoral college 676 $a324.63 700 $aHardaway$b Robert M.$01477098 702 $aHardaway$b Robert M.$f1946- 801 0$bUkLoBP 801 1$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811875703321 996 $aSaving the electoral college$94020978 997 $aUNINA