Half-Day course on the National Popular Vote Plan
[Re-updated information:] For those interested in the National Popular Vote Plan for electing the president, there will be a short course on the plan at the American Political Science Association meeting. The details are in the extension to this post. All short courses are held on August 30.
In a nutshell, the NPVP would work through an interstate compact that would come into effect when enough states holding a majority of the electorate votes had adopted it. Thereafter, the member states' electors would be those pledged to vote for the national popular vote winner. For more details, go to the National Popular Vote website.
SC 21: The National Popular Vote Plan to Revamp the Electoral College
Co-Sponsors: Section on Representation and Electoral Systems & FairVote
Contact:Bill Shein (bill@fairvote.org), FairVote, 6930 Carroll Avenue, Suite 610, Takoma Park, MD 20912 P: 301.270.4616
Time: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia – Conference Room (2 blocks North of City Hall and near APSA hotels)
Registration: No fee. Call to register as space is limited.
Presenters: George Edwards (Texas A&M University, Editor of Presidential Studies Quarterly and author, "Why the Electoral College is Bad for America"),
Alexander Keyssar (Kennedy School of Government and author of "The Right to Vote"),
Rob Richie (Executive Director, FairVote),
Joseph Zimmeran (SUNY-Albany),
Arend Lijphart (UC-San Diego and former American Political Science Association President),
Alex Willingham (Professor of political science and director of multicultural affairs at Williams College)
Jack Nagel (Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania)
Todd Donovan (Professor of Political Science at Western Washington University and co-author, "Reforming the Republic: Democratic Institutions for the New America")
Dick Engstrom (University of New Orleans, etc)
Description:
Leading presidential scholars and reformers review the modern case against the current Electoral College system, explain the recently unveiled National Popular Vote plan that is advancing in a number of states and explore the proposal's potential impact on presidential elections and electoral reform.