Georgia, like most states, only includes write-in votes for candidates to file a declaration of write-in candidacy into the official election returns. However, election officials in Floyd County, Georgia, have tallied all the presidential write-ins. See this story. It is … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2016
The Weeok has this column by journalist Paul Waldman, calling on the United States to eliminate the electoral college. Also, The Cap Times, a daily on-line newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, has editorialized to eliminate the electoral college. As of early … Continue reading
In some states, legislators are already introducing bills for the 2017 session, even though no state legislature has yet convened. Montana Representative Ellie Hill (D-Missoula) has introduce a bill to have Montana join the National Popular Vote Compact. See this … Continue reading
On Tuesday, November 15, the national vote total shows that Hillary Clinton now has a popular vote margin of more than one million votes above Donald Trump. See the Cook Report. It also shows that the “other” vote has surpassed … Continue reading
On November 15, Donald Trump said he favors the existing operation of the electoral college, even though on Sunday evening on television he had said the opposite. See this story. On November 15, he said that the existing systems protects … Continue reading