[EL] Electoral college changes and section 5

[Gaddie, Ronald K.]

Hi Rick-

Chuck Bullock, Justin Wert, and I published an article on this topic two years ago. We engaged as an intellectual exercise. Here's the citation and link to the piece, at HeinOnline:

1 Faulkner L. Rev. 89 (2009-2010) 'Electoral College Reform and Voting Rights'; Bullock, Charles S. III; Gaddie, Ronald Keith; Wert, Justin

http://heinonline.org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/faulklr1&collection=journals&set_as_cursor=0&men_tab=srchresults&id=95 

If you can send it along to the list, I'd be much obliged.

Best,
Keith


Ronald Keith Gaddie, Ph.D.
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Subject: [EL] Electoral college changes and section 5

Someone asked me what would happen if Virginia changes its method for
allocating electoral college votes. Would such a change be subject to
preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act? Or, given the
state legislature's plenary power to set the rules for the allocation of
electoral college votes as provided for in Art. II of the Constitution,
is the preclearance requirement not applicable or unconstitutional as
applied to electoral college allocations?

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