Electoral college reform : challenges and possibilities / by Gary Bugh.

Why hasn't the United States reformed the Electoral College system, and how can it best do so? To address these questions, Electoral College Reform: Challenges and Possibilities brings together new essays by law professors and political scientists examining the reasons for reform, the issues su...

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Other Authors: Bugh, Gary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT. : Ashgate Pub., ©2010.
Series:Election law, politics, and theory.
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 0 |g Introduction:  |t Approaching electoral college reform /  |r Gary E. Bugh --  |t Representation in congressional efforts to amend the presidential election system /  |r Gary E. Bugh --  |t "Mere deception, a mere ignus fatus on the people of America" : lifting the veil on the electoral college /  |r Michael T. Rogers --  |t "If the manner of it be not perfect" : thinking through electoral college reform /  |r Michael J. Korzi --  |t Electoral college and democratic responsiveness /  |r Jeffrey M. Stonecash --  |t Challenge of contemporary electoral college reform /  |r Gary E. Bugh --  |t Systemic biases affecting congressional voting on electoral college reform /  |r Mark J. McKenzie --  |t Compact risk : some downsides to establishing national plurality presidential elections by contingent legislation /  |r Brian J. Gaines --  |t Exploring the difficulties of electoral college reform at the state level : Maine and Nebraska lead the way /  |r James P. Melcher --  |t Comparative presidential selection : a cautionary tale /  |r Jody C. Baumgartner and Rhonda Evans Case --  |t Lobbying the electoral college : the potential for chaos /  |r Robert M. Alexander --  |t Electoral college incentives and presidential actions : a case for reform? /  |r Brenden J. Doherty --  |t Current electoral college reform efforts among the states /  |r Robert W. Bennett --  |t Good, the better, the best : improving on the "acceptable" electoral college /  |r Paul D. Schumaker --  |t Pipe dream or possibility? : amending the U.S. constitution to achieve electoral reform /  |r Burdett A. Loomis --  |g Conclusion:  |t Understanding electoral college reform /  |r Gary E. Bugh. 
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