Politics

State Legislatures Should End Statewide Presidential Elections

The Imaginative Conservative has published an essay of mine entitled “Abolish the Electoral College… or Abolish the Popular Vote?” The essay begins as follows:

Instead of the United States abandoning the Electoral College, state legislatures should take us in exactly the opposite direction. From now on, they should abandon a statewide popular vote for president, and instead either appoint electors directly or implement an Electoral College–type system within each state.

I am very pleased that my essay has been published in this distinguished journal. The essay can be found, free of charge, at the link above and also here.

Also, in case you missed it, a still-timely 2017 blog post of mine was reprinted two weeks ago in Capitalism Magazine:
Statement of Principles for the Local Government of Laissez-Faire

Update, 6/1/2021: Capitalism Magazine has reprinted this article under the title, An Electoral College Within Each State. This reprinted version contains reference links that did not appear in the publication by The Imaginative Conservative.