Live at the National Constitution Center

Electing the President: The Popular Vote vs. The Electoral College

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On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, join Jesse Wegman, author of Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, and professor Robert Hardaway, author of Saving the Electoral College: Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy, for a program examining the history and current debate over the Electoral College. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.


Resources: 
  • Robert Hardaway, Saving the Electoral College Why the National Popular Vote Would Undermine Democracy (2019) 
  • Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (2020) 
  • Electoral College, Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 3, Interactive Constitution 
  • National Popular Vote 
  • Ranked Choice Voting 
  • Article I, Section III, The Senate, Interactive Constitution 
  • Cass Sunstein, “On Jan. 6, Will Vice President Harris Certify the Election?,” Wall Street Journal, Oct. 25, 2024 
  • Gary Lawson and Jack Beerman, “Congressional Meddling In Presidential Elections: Still Unconstitutional After All These Years; A Comment On Sunstein,” April 2023 
  • “The Very Real Scenario Where Trump Loses and Takes Power Anyway,” Politico, Oct. 20, 2024 
  • Moore v. Harper (2023)


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