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Taming the electoral college
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- Creator
- Robert W. Bennett
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Law and Politics, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xii, 270 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780804754101, 0804754101, 9780804754095, 0804754098
- OCLC
- ocm61724385
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-258) and index.
- A critical short history of the electoral college, part I: from the Constitutional Convention through the Twelfth Amendment -- A critical short history of the electoral college, part II: operating under the Twelfth Amendment -- Evaluating the electoral college: the nationwide popular vote alternative -- The contingent procedure for selection of the President by the House of Representatives -- The case of two candidates ending up in an electoral college tie -- The problem of faithless electors -- Electoral votes for third-party (or independent) candidates -- Miscellaneous pitfalls in the electoral college process -- Popular election of the President without a constitutional amendment