Tara Ross is a retired lawyer and author of several books, including "The Indispensable Electoral College: How the Founders' Plan Saves Our Country from Mob Rule," and "We Elect a President: The Story of Our Electoral College."
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New Hampshire legislators have introduced an election bill that would be completely unacceptable under normal circumstances. But these are not normal times. Constitutional institutions, especially… Read More
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loves to hate on the Electoral College. Once again, she has the nation up in arms about America’s unique presidential election system…. Read More
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Electoral College foes have been trying to get their way in Nevada for a decade. Have they finally succeeded? Nevada’s state Senate approved National Popular… Read More
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again—or just hide your idea in a giant piece of legislation, where you hope it won’t get… Read More
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“As Maine goes, so goes Vermont.” That’s what Franklin D. Roosevelt’s campaign manager famously joked in 1936 after Roosevelt, a Democrat, won re-election as president… Read More
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“There you go again,” Ronald Reagan famously joked in 1980 when President Jimmy Carter painted an inaccurate picture of one of his policies. Perhaps he’d… Read More
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Opponents of the Electoral College achieved an important victory last weekend when Connecticut’s legislature passed the so-called National Popular Vote compact. Democratic Gov. Dannel P…. Read More
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“Our new Constitution is now established,” Benjamin Franklin wrote to a French physicist in 1789, “and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this… Read More
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In 1824, Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were both members of the same political party. But in every other election with a discrepancy between… Read More
