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FOR RELEASE: November 9, 2000

 What Happens When a Presidential Election Is Too Close to Call?
AEI's Definitive Guide to the Electoral College Explains It All

The ballots are cast and we still don't know who our next president will be. 
What happens next? The answer to this question and more is in the definitive 
guide to the electoral college published by the American Enterprise 
Institute. After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College edited by 
Walter Berns (115 pages, $7.95) explains the critical workings of the 
electoral college, the process of presidential succession, and the 
interactions of the Constitution with federal and state statutes and party 
and parliamentary rules.

In addition to the distinguished scholar Walter Berns, contributors to this 
edition include Norman Ornstein (essays on disputed elections), Martin 
Diamond (on the electoral college), Robert Goldwin, Michael Malbin, Thomas 
Mann, Howard Penniman, Austin Ranney, and Richard M. Scammon.

To arrange an interview with Walter Berns, Norman Ornstein, or Robert 
Goldwin, please contact Veronique Rodman, AEI Director of Public Affairs, at 
202.862.4871.

"The authors have produced the definitive electoral college."
 Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Former chairman, Republican National Committee

"The United States has the world's most successful system for selecting a 
chief executive. But Americans are remarkably, and dangerously, unaware of 
how the electoral college came to be what it is. Hence we have long needed an 
explanation of the college--its origins and evolution--as subtle and 
intelligent as the college itself. That need has now been met by the book 
which combines equal mastery of constitutional law and political philosophy."
 George F. Will, Columnist

 "The best single source for information on the intricacies of choosing an 
American President."
 ROLLCALL

See a C-Span video of an AEI panel discussion about the electoral college at:
http://video.c-span.org:8080/ramgen/hdrive/e110100_aei.rm

Order the book at:
http://www.aei.org/shop1/shops/1/a-c.htm#0001