Constitutional Law

National Popular Vote Versus 'Current System'

Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri ignored the wishes of a majority of the state’s voters and promoted some misconceptions about the U.S. Constitution in vetoing a National Popular Vote bill, argues Hendrik Hertzberg, a senior editor and writer at The New Yorker. Hertzberg, who offered his arguments in favor of the national popular vote during a plenary panel discussion called “Picking the President,” at the 2008 ACS National Convention, says the states could and should take action to support a winner-take-all vote in presidential elections.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on July 09, 2008 (boomark / email).