This fall, at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., ACS Executive Director Caroline Fredrickson moderated a debate about whether to replace the electoral college with a national popular vote in presidential elections. Critiquing the national popular vote plan were John Samples, Director of the CATO Institute's Center for Representative Government, and Alexander Belenky, author of How America Chooses Its Presidents. Debating on behalf of a national popular vote were John Koza, Chairman of National Popular Vote Inc., and Jamie Raskin, a Maryland State Senator and Director of the Law & Government Program at AU's Washington College of Law, who previously outlined his positions on the electoral college for ACSblog here.

With several states having made some movement towards embracing the national popular vote, video is now available here of this timely debate.