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- Title
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REFORM: A CURRENT NATIONAL IMPERATIVE.
- Authors
Bohnborse, Mark; Hundtr, Reed; Morrow, Kate E.; Soifi, Aviam
- Abstract
Tbis Article suggests several important practical reforms in bow we choose our President and Vice President. It first identifies problems with tbe Electoral College system, and proposes solutions tbat would not require a constitutional amendment. Tbe Article also discusses bow tbe long-forgotten provisions of Section 2 of tbe Fourteenth Amendment authorize reduction in tbe electoral votes from states whose legislatures deprive or abridge tbe right of tbe people to vote for their presidential electors. By exploring tbe history and language of Section 2, tbis Article demonstrates tbat it was ratifed witb the specific purpose of preventing state legislatures fyom usurping tbe popular vote in their states for tbe Electoral College. Tbe Article maintains tbat Congress bas tbe authority to enact several important presidential election reforms, and that it is our duty to ensure tbat tbepeople's voice is not taken away in the presidential election process.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ELECTORAL college; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments; ELECTORAL reform; PRESIDENTIAL elections
- Publication
Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2022, Vol 26, Issue 2, p437
- ISSN
1557-6582
- Publication type
Article