[EL] Fwd: Electoral college changes and section 5

[Goldfeder, Jerry H.]

Correcting a typo
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> I think the constitutionally mandated plenary power of the state legislature as to how to appoint electors trumps a statute, provided of course that the method chosen does not violate another constitutional mandate/prohibition.
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> On Jan 23, 2013, at 7:48 PM, "Rick Hasen" <rhasen at law.uci.edu> wrote:
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>> 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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