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After the People Vote
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A Guide to the Electoral College
Revised and Enlarged Edition
By Norman J. Ornstein, Robert A. Goldwin, Martin Diamond, Michael J. Malbin, Thomas E. Mann, Howard Penniman, Austin Ranney, Richard M. Scammon
Edited by Walter Berns
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
After the People Vote
Dimensions: 8.5'' x 5.25''
101 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: March 1992
Paperback
ISBN: 0-8447-3802-6

The third edition of After the People Vote is now available. Please click here for ordering information.

Download file The full text of this book is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

  • How are disputed presidential elections resolved?
  • Why do we have an electoral college?
  • How are electors selected and bound?
  • What are constitutional provisions for selecting a president?
  • What are the statutory provisions for selecting a president?
  • This guide explains the workings of the electoral college, the process of presidential succession, and the interactions of the Constitution, federal and state statutes, and party and parliamentary rules.

    Walter Berns, editor of the volume, is a resident scholar at AEI. Contributors include the late Martin Diamond; Robert A. Goldwin of AEI; Michael J. Malbin of the State University of New York at Albany; Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein of AEI; Howard Penniman of AEI; Austin Ranney of the University of California, Berkeley; and Richard M. Scammon of the Elections Research Center.

    Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
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