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What's New with the Electoral College

MEDIA

Debate about Electoral College in Joint Session

Minnesota's 2004 faithless elector

Richie Robb threatens to withhold his vote from Bush

The Electoral College has outlived its usefulness

Crimson View

Direct Elections Now!

 

ACTIVISM

Sign our petition, lobby your Congressmen, learn how to write letters to newspapers, find links to other resources and more.  

Get Involved

Poll shows strong support for abolishing the Electoral College

 

ELECTION 2004

2004 battleground states: Each election year, anywhere from 10-20 states go up for grabs between the presidential candidates.  

How about truly national elections?

Significant flaws apparent in the Electoral College

MSNBC: Decisive returns shadow voting problems

The Electoral College made me do it!

Talking Points

An international perspective

The Young Electoral College

Alaskans differ over Electoral College

Akhil Amar sounds off on the Electoral College, results

Results debunk some defenses of the Electoral College

Collegiate Times: Electoral College Must go

Press Herald: Time to abolish outdated Electoral College

 

RICHIE ROBB

West Virginian Elector Richie Robb has recently declared that if President Bush wins his state, he will not cast his electoral vote for him in protest of Bush's national security and economic policies. 

The Wheeling Intelligencer

Charleston Daily News

 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 109

FairVote's preferred option of reform, HJR 109 was introduced on October 8, 2004 by Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. of Illinois.  It proposes a Constitutional amendment abolishing the Electoral College and providing for a majority direct election of the president.  This amendment was written with assistance from FairVote: The Center for Voting and Democracy and has it's full support.

Jackson's Electoral College reform

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.

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Bill Status (Bill Number: HJR 109)

 

EVERY VOTE COUNTS AMENDMENT

Congressman Gene Green of Texas, with co-sponsors Brian Baird (WA) and William Delahunt (MA), has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to abolish the Electoral College and provide for direct election of the President.  This bill proposes a plurality election and is not preferred by FairVote.

Rep. Gene Green

Rep. Brian Baird

Rep. William Delahunt

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Bill Status (Bill Number: HJR 103)

 

LAST MINUTE PROPOSAL FOR REFORM

On November 19, 2004, California Representative Zoe Lofgren proposed a last minute proposal to abolish the Electoral College.  The proposal will not be looked at this year, due to its late nature during the 108th Congress, but Lofgren hopes its introduction will help keep the issue at the forefront of people's minds.  This bill proposes a plurality election and is not preferred by FairVote.

Lofgren proposes abolishing Electoral College

Rep. Zoe Lofgren

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Bill Status (Bill Number: HJR112)

 

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 113

On November 18, 2004, Representative Brad Sherman of California introduced a bill regarding the rules governing the House of Representatives in the case of a tie in the Electoral College.  As it stands currently, each state would only receive one vote.  Sherman's proposal gives each member a vote, increasing the votes needed for victory from 26 to 218.  A winner would be declared only if he/she received a majority (50% plus 1) of votes cast, and only if the votes cast represented at least two-thirds of the states.  

Rep. Brad Sherman

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Bill Status (Bill Number: HJR 113)

 

DOES YOUR VOTE REALLY COUNT?

Election 2000 - By the Numbers 

Minority Rules

 

CHATTERBOX

Read columnist Timothy Noah's article series on the Electoral College

America's Worst College

 

BIG NAME SUPPORT

These prominent news sources have recently published against the Electoral College.

The New York Times

The Boston Globe

Newsday

CBS

The Star Tribune

 

Electoral College Table of Contents 


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