[EL] Sachs defense of electoral college

[Smith, Brad]

It's simple. In both 1876 and 1888 Democrats won the nationwide popular vote count thanks to enormous electoral fraud and vote suppression through the deep south. But because of the electoral college, it didn't matter.


Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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From: robert.mutch at rcn.com [robert.mutch at rcn.com]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2019 3:40 PM
To: law-election ; kousser at caltech.edu; Smith, Brad
Subject: Re: [EL] Sachs defense of electoral college

I don't get Brad's point, either. The 1876 frauds were committed not to change the national popular vote but to change the Florida and Louisiana electoral votes. That doesn't strengthen Sachs's argument.
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