#1255 Democratizing our presidential elections (National Popular Vote)
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🗓️ 8 March 2019
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Summary
Air Date: 3/8/2019
Today we take a look at two strategies being pursued in parallel to reform our presidential election process and make every vote for president count equally
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: The origins of the electoral college - @Making_Contact - Air Date 11-16-16
Yale University Law & Political Science Professor Akhil Reed Amar explains the origins of the electoral college
Ch. 2: Fixing the Electoral College - Part 1 - Citizens Take Action - Airdate 1-17-19
James K. Glassman talks about the problems caused by the Electoral College and addresses the most common arguments in favor of the Electoral College. David and James also explain how we can fix the Electoral College with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and how you can support the Compact in your state.
Ch. 3: A Constitutional Challenge To The Electoral College Part 1 - Ring of Fire - Air Date 10-15-17
Law Professor, Lawrence Lessig, has begun a lawsuit that he hopes will reform the Electoral College that is responsible for electing The President.
Ch. 4: A National Popular Vote For President - The Politics Guys - Airdate 1-11-17
Mike Baranowski interviews Pat Rosenstiel, from National Popular Vote, an organization working to ensure that the winner of the national popular vote for the presidency actually becomes president, something that hasn’t happened in two of the last five presidential elections.
Ch. 5: A Constitutional Challenge To The Electoral College Part 2 - Ring of Fire - Air Date 10-15-17
Law Professor, Lawrence Lessig, has begun a lawsuit that he hopes will reform the Electoral College that is responsible for electing The President.
Ch. 6: Fixing the Electoral College - Part 2 - Citizens Take Action - Airdate 1-17-19
States that are the battleground for elections get better treatment than states that aren't battlegrounds.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 9: Don't get distracted with a singular focus on the Presidential election - V from Central New York
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 10: Final comments on the balance between ideas and the messenger
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Get involved with National Popular Vote
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'The National Popular Vote Movement Is Winning": Colorado Bill to Scrap Electoral College Advances(Common Dreams)
The Movement To Skip The Electoral College Is About To Pass A Major Milestone (FiveThirtyEight)
Status of National Popular Vote Bill in Each State(National Popular Vote)
Don’t believe the myths about a national popular vote(The Hill, Opinion)
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| 0:46.2 | And now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left Podcast in which we shall |
| 0:50.9 | learn about two strategies being pursued in parallel to reform our presidential election |
| 0:56.5 | process and make every vote for President count equally. |
| 1:00.4 | Clips today come from making contact, citizens take action, ring a fire radio and the politics |
| 1:07.2 | guys. |
| 1:08.8 | Today, I'd like to talk a little about the Electoral College. |
| 1:17.6 | To start, I'm going to cite some items that I pulled from the office of the Federal Register. |
| 1:23.5 | That's the office that helps states organize their electors and in the end certifies and |
| 1:27.8 | archives the results of the Electoral College votes. |
| 1:30.8 | So here's the first item. |
| 1:33.1 | In each state, the voters choose electors to select the President and Vice President of |
| 1:39.8 | the United States based on the results of the November general election. |
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