A little-noticed provision of the US Constitution would strip any state of almost all its electoral votes if legislators sought to overrule the will of the voters.
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The Electoral College system puts most of the attention on just a few states – and paints a target on those states’ voting systems.
In the 2020 presidential election, groups of self-appointed electors in seven states met to cast votes for Donald Trump, even though Joe Biden had carried their states. Could that happen again?
Immunity deals may play a key role in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
A grand jury indicted Donald Trump on conspiracy and obstruction charges related to his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Michigan’s attorney general has charged 16 people in a fake electors plot to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Here’s how the Electoral College works.
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Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Political Science and Director of the Elections Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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