Courageous House Progressives Raise ‘Justice and Fairness’ Objections to Certifying Trump Courageous House Progressives Raise ‘Justice and Fairness’ Objections to Certifying Trump
Congressional Progressive Caucus members interrupt certification of electoral votes to raise concerns about voter suppression.
Jan 6, 2017 / John Nichols
Why the Green Party Continues to Demand Presidential Recounts Why the Green Party Continues to Demand Presidential Recounts
And how we are working to make our electoral system work for all of us.
Dec 21, 2016 / David Cobb
The Electoral College Desecrates Democracy—Especially This Time The Electoral College Desecrates Democracy—Especially This Time
Trump may be the president-elect. But he has no mandate.
Dec 20, 2016 / John Nichols
Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking Alex Jones Has a New Target: Electors Who Want to Know More About Russian Hacking
As 67 members of the Electoral College ask for a briefing on what the intelligence community is telling Congress, right-wingers fight back.
Dec 15, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’ The Electoral College Has the Starkly Anti-Democratic Power to Make a Loser a ‘Winner’
Clinton is winning by almost 3 million votes. There is every good reason to protest an Electoral College that intends to trump the popular will.
Dec 15, 2016 / John Nichols
How the Electoral College Really Started How the Electoral College Really Started
Suddenly, it makes a whole lot of sense.
Dec 6, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
We Need to Kill the Electoral College We Need to Kill the Electoral College
It’s a foul remnant of 18th-century oligarchs and slaveholders, designed to thwart the will of the people.
Dec 1, 2016 / Editorial / John Nichols
Elizabeth Warren Proposes to Strengthen Democratic Spines With a Powerful New Tool: Math Elizabeth Warren Proposes to Strengthen Democratic Spines With a Powerful New Tool: Math
Noting that more Americans voted for Democrats, the senator says her party has a mandate to resist Trumpism.
Nov 30, 2016 / John Nichols
Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did
Our election system is embarrassing not for anything Putin allegedly did. Leaders of both parties, if they had any concern for the republic, would move expeditiously to reform our ...
Nov 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jill Stein’s Recount Drive Is Futile and Misdirected Jill Stein’s Recount Drive Is Futile and Misdirected
I’m all for recounts in any close election—but I also believe in facing facts.
Nov 28, 2016 / Bruce Shapiro