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Among 2024 Electoral College Presidential Electors Were 13 Alleged 2020 Fake Electors, Some of Whom Await Trial on Fraud Charges

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024

In official meeting rooms around the country, 538 electors for the 2024 Presidential election met December 17th to cast their vote on behalf of their state’s results. Thirteen of those Electoral College electors are accused 2020 fake electors, some of whom still face prosecution.

Maine Becomes the 17th State to Join the National Popular Vote Compact

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024

Maine became the 17th state to join the National Popular Vote Compact April 15th, pledging the state’s Presidential electoral votes to the candidate with the most overall votes nationally. It won’t impact the 2024 election, but brings the national effort within 61 votes of having the candidate with the most votes be the winner.

Will House & Senate Differences on the Electoral Count Reform Act be Resolved in Time?

December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

With only a handful of days left in the 117th Congress, there is a scramble to work out House & Senate differences for a high-priority reform to protect our Presidential elections from another January 6th.

American Democracy Minute for July 28, 2022: Democracy Advocates Speak Out on Election Count Reform Act

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

We’re wrapping up our discussion of the proposed, bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act in the U.S. Senate with what advocacy groups are saying about the legislation.

American Democracy Minute for July 27, 2022: How Does the New Electoral Count Reform Act Protect Against an Election-Denying Governor?

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

As we noted yesterday, a reform for the Electoral Count Act introduced last week in the U.S. Senate clarifies that the governor must appoint the slate of presidential electors. But how does this new proposal protect against, theoretically speaking of course, a governor who is an election-denier?