Image CreditResources and Credits
Background and Sources
We’re grateful to the following resources for providing background information for this activity:
Government
- Bennett, Robert,
- Taming the Electoral College, Stanford Law and Politics (2006).
- Business Week,
- “Special Report: Democracy in America” (June 14, 2004).
- Center for Governmental Studies,
- University of Virginia, “The Report of the National Symposium on Presidential Selection” (2001).
- Edwards, George C.,
- Why the Electoral College Is Bad for America, Yale University Press (2004).
- Fortier, John C., and Walter Berns,
- After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, AEI Press (2004).
- Madison, James, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay,
- The Federalist Papers.
- Noah, Timothy,
- “America’s Worst College,” Slate.com (August 2004).
- Samples, John, Tom G. Palmer and Patrick Basham,
- “Cato Institute Briefing Papers: Lessons of Election 2000” (January 2, 2001).
Resources
- Fair Vote
- www.fairvote.org
- National Popular Vote
- nationalpopularvote.com
- U.S. Federal Register, the Electoral College
- www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college
Image Sources
Step 1 image montage:-
- Ballot box illustration derived from iStockPhoto file #4062426, by ericsphotography
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Step 4 image montage:
Credits
- Researched and written by Malcom Gay
- Produced and edited by Meghan Laslocky
- Designed by Rick Elizaga and Eric Westby
- Created by KQED Interactive
- In memory of Sean Fagan
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