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Right-Wing Supreme Court Justices May Weaken Key Provision of Voting Rights Act George Frey / AFP via Getty Images, Ian Hutchinson,TILF via Unsplash; Edited: Truthout By The partisan battle over voting rights is boiling over this week, as conservative Supreme Court justices are poised to uphold two provisions of an Arizona voting law that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) argues violates the landmark Voting Rights Act, and the House passes the For the People Act, the most sweeping election reform package in decades. On Tuesday, Supreme Court justices signaled their willingness to weake...

The Electoral College is flawed -- so are the alternatives: Experts • 17 min read Electoral College set to cast votes for president The 538 members of the Electoral College will cast their ballots Monday to elect the new president and vice president.AP Democracy is built on majority rule and the concept that every person's vote counts. Yet five times in history, American presidents have won office while losing the popular vote, with two of those instances coming in the past 20 years -- George W. Bush in 2000 by a margin of around 500,000 votes and Donald Trump in 2016 by about 3 million. A...

The Electoral College is flawed -- so are the alternatives: Experts © AP A map released by the Associated Press shows the Electoral College vote count as of 7:15 p.m. EST on Dec. 14, 2020. The map has been rotated and cropped by ABC. Democracy is built on majority rule and the concept that every person's vote counts. Yet five times in history, American presidents have won office while losing the popular vote, with two of those instances coming in the past 20 years -- George W. Bush in 2000 by a margin of around 500,000 votes and Donald Trump in 2016 by about 3 million. At issue is the...

th president of the United States. Normally a formality, this year’s meetings take on added significance. President Donald Trump has refused to concede, and his effort to overturn just enough votes to claim a false victory in the Electoral College exposed how the flaws of that body threaten the very foundation of American democracy. That peril, though, is opening up new opportunities—and challenges—for those seeking to move this country to a national popular vote. Advertisement There have been hundreds of attempts to reform or abolish the Electoral College since the nation’s founding,...

As Electoral College meets, one group works to rid nation of 'an ugly, old mess' By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press December 13, 2020 — 10:30pm Text size Copy shortlink: When the Electoral College meets Monday, its detractors hope it marks the beginning of the end of a system that twice this century has vaulted the loser of the popular vote to the presidency. This year's presidential race provides the latest motivation for change to supporters of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. While Democrat Joe Biden scored a decisiv...