To the editor: I fully agree with George Skelton’s views on the electoral college. In 1989, as a newly elected member of the Democratic National Committee from California, I submitted a resolution ...

Did you know that the method for counting votes in a presidential election is different than the way votes are counted in state and local elections? We take for granted that the candidate that gets ...

The next president of the United States may, again, be the candidate with the fewest popular votes. This has happened only six times in U.S. history (1800, 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 and 2016), but twice ...

Consistent with federalist principles, the Constitution gives the states control over our presidential elections, providing a check on majoritarianism. Our method of electing the president came about ...

Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution gives state legislatures the authority to instruct electors on how to vote in our Electoral College system of selecting the president and vice ...

WASHINGTON — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz endorsed abolishing the Electoral College during a Tuesday fundraiser, prompting his own campaign to distance itself from the position. Walz, ...

Nebraska Republicans are pushing for a crucial change to the way the state allocates its Electoral College votes, advocating for a winner-takes-all system to avoid any uncertainty ahead of the ...