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

Live at the National Constitution Center

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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