Counting Electoral Votes

Joseph M. Bessette and Gary J. Schmitt have a report at AEI titled Counting Electoral Votes: How the Constitution Empowers Congress—and Not the Vice President—to Resolve Electoral Disputes Key Points The vice president does not have “plenary” authority under the...

Dreier Roundtable Debate Tonight

Resolution: This House Should Abolish the Electoral College Thu, October 13, 2022 Dinner Program Aditya Pai ’13 and Ilan Wurman ‘09; moderator, Nohl Patterson ’22 In November 2016, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election...

Electoral Count Act Reform

[On Jan 13] Committee on House Administration Chairperson Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) released a Committee Staff Report on the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA). The report, compiled over a months-long review, examines the ECA and argues it is badly in need of reform. Part...