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Law professor, activist, citizen, father (in reverse order).

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  1. Mar 2

    This video by does a great job explaining the challenge to the Electoral College that helped bring.

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    Mar 2

    2 of our last 3 presidents were elected without winning the popular vote. Now voters in 4 states are suing to change the system to "one person one vote" for the next election. I spoke to about the effort for .

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    Mar 1

    Great interview on with &

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    Feb 26

    An office that represents all Americans should be elected equally by all Americans. “The challenge to ‘winner-take-all’ launched” by

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    Feb 26

    “For example, in 2016, 99% of campaign spending was in 14 states. Those states, representing just 35% of America, are older and whiter than the rest of America.” “The challenge to ‘winner-take-all’ launched” by

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    Feb 24

    Gun control, campaign control — Steemit

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    Feb 23
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    I am in WV. I wrote to all five of our electors, asking them to represent the WV votes proportionately. Read in the news they were upset by all the requests to do just that. It is as though I didn’t bother to vote.

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    Feb 23

    Congrats to and for filing suit against the winner-take-all laws underpinning the Electoral College.

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    Feb 23
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    Well done! And you have _just_ begun! Many more successes awaiting you in your future!

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    Feb 23

    If it was a pro-Trump partisan issue, the lawsuits would only have been launched in blue states. They weren't.

    Galvin defends the current(ly unjustly unequal) system by arguing the alternative is likely to elect Trump. Um, wait — didn't the current system elect Trump?
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  11. Feb 23

    This excerpt is almost a decade old, but it still summarizes pretty accurately the "dependence corruption" of Congress.

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    Feb 23

    Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies and Lessig

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  13. Feb 23

    Galvin defends the current(ly unjustly unequal) system by arguing the alternative is likely to elect Trump. Um, wait — didn't the current system elect Trump?

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  14. Feb 23

    We're hiring a campaign manager at . Is it you?

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    Feb 22

    Great article and not the first to say this. I believe was arguing this as well back in Dec 2016.

    You don’t need to amend the constitution to fix the electoral college. You need to follow it. Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies via
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    Feb 22
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    Philanthropy is not policy. Philanthropy takes tax money from vital public goods for personal projects. Philanthropy is fauxgressive. Kennedy is fauxgressive.

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    Feb 22

    Winner-take-all electoral college system is unconstitutional, say suits led by Boies and Lessig via

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    Feb 22

    “The challenge to ‘winner-take-all’ launched” by

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    Feb 21

    Lawsuits filed in 4 states (CA, TX, MA, SC) by to overturn winner-take-all system of Electoral College votes.

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    Feb 21

    Support . First lawsuits are filed today!

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