The extraordinary presidential election contest in 2000 raised new issues about the electoral process. In the third edition of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, leading constitutional, political, and legal scholars use examples from that controversial election and other disputed elections to explain how the electoral college works. The new edition of this popular guide provides a short history of contested elections, including a fresh essay on the 2000 election. It features all-new essays arguing for and against the electoral college, as well as appendixes that are updated and expanded to include electoral college and popular vote totals from past presidential elections. An added section concentrates on the period between Election Day in November and the casting of votes by electors in December. After the People Vote is the only book of its kind that is keyed to the specific dates between Election Day and the inauguration, which allows the reader to focus on the key procedural issues at each juncture of the election.
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Since the workings of the Electoral College are intricate and arcane, it's advisable to get After the People Vote. -- The Weekly Standard, August 24, 2004
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John C. Fortier is a research fellow at AEI and executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. Walter Berns is a resident scholar at AEI. Akhil Amar is Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale University. Vikram Amar is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. Martin Diamond, now deceased, was a professor at the University of Chicago. Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at AEI.
John C. Fortier is a research fellow at AEI and executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. Walter Berns is a resident scholar at AEI. Akhil Amar is Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale University. Vikram Amar is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. Martin Diamond, now deceased, was a professor at the University of Chicago. Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at AEI.
John C. Fortier is a research fellow at AEI and executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission. Walter Berns is a resident scholar at AEI. Akhil Amar is Southmayd Professor of Law at Yale University. Vikram Amar is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco. Martin Diamond, now deceased, was a professor at the University of Chicago. Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at AEI.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Ugh... Who is really uninformed?,
By Dean Jones Jr. (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College (Aei Studies, 542) (Paperback)
Keep in mind that a democracy works on everyone gathering together to vote on situations. A republic is when you vote people into power to represent yourself, as we do with our elections for the Senate, and for Congress! They represent your state and you. This is why you should always attend for voting for congress and senate in your state...We've always voted by electoral votes since 1787...This book is to help you understand the electoral college and its importance to our REPUBLIC. It does explain how the electoral college works. If you're looking for a book that talks about the 2000 election, this is not the book. If you're looking for a book on scandals, secrets, lies, and gossip, this is NOT the book. This book just plainly tells you how the electoral college works. It's an educational think piece, not a tabloid. If you want a book about the secrets, lies, and video tapes the electoral college or government has, please seek [it] elsewhere.
14 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College (Aei Studies, 542) (Paperback)
This book was a disappointment. It is very small, short, and in large type. There is no discussion of exactly who the electors have been, exactly how they were chosen, and why, throughout U.S. history. There is no mention of how the college originally functioned, or of why the current system developed. There is no explication of unfaithful electors, their motives, or their fates. The book is less information about the electoral college than a politically conservative defense of it. The book needs updating based on the 2000 election; for example, the book repeatedly defends the college by stating the college magnifies the victory margin of the popular vote winner. The book leaves the reader wondering if the writers would defend the college if the outcome in 2000 were as predicted, with the Democrat winning the electoral vote but not the popular vote, instead of the actual (reverse) result.
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