Monday, December 12, 2016

The Electoral College and the U.S. Presidential Election

NPR’s Weekend Edition of last Saturday spoke with Lawrence Lessig, a professor at Harvard Law School, about his activity giving advice to members of the Electoral College who want to know whether the Constitution allows them to vote for a candidate other than the one for which they pledged to vote. The short answer - yes, according to Lessig. 4 min 33 sec, transcript available.