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Home > Research Areas > AEI's Political Corner > Books > After the People Vote

After the People Vote

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A Guide to the Electoral College

By Norman J. Ornstein, Robert A. Goldwin, Martin Diamond, Michael J. Malbin, Thomas E. Mann, Howard Penniman, Austin Ranney, Richard M. Scammon

Edited by Walter Berns

Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000

Dimensions: 8.5'' x 5.25''

101 pages

AEI Press (Washington)

Publication Date: March 1992

Paperback

ISBN: 0-8447-3802-6

The third edition of After the People Vote is now available. Please click here for ordering information.

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This guide explains the workings of the electoral college, the process of presidential succession, and the interactions of the Constitution, federal and state statutes, and party and parliamentary rules.

Walter Berns, editor of the volume, is a resident scholar at AEI. Contributors include the late Martin Diamond; Robert A. Goldwin of AEI; Michael J. Malbin of the State University of New York at Albany; Thomas E. Mann of the Brookings Institution; Norman J. Ornstein of AEI; Howard Penniman of AEI; Austin Ranney of the University of California, Berkeley; and Richard M. Scammon of the Elections Research Center.

Available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.

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