WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE TIES?: An interesting op-ed in the LA Times today about what happens, constitutionally, when there is a 269-269 Electoral College tie. While liberals are quick to criticize and attempt to “get around” the Electoral College in favor of direct popular vote, the Electoral College serves extremely important interests–namely, federalism–and should not be discarded absent a constitutional amendment via Article V processes (proposal passed by 2/3 both houses of Congress, followed by ratification by 3/4 of States).
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