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Michael Signer

Michael Signer is an attorney, the mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia, and a lecturer at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Demagogue: The Fight to Save Democracy from Its Worst Enemies and Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. He endorsed and supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.

Latest articles by Michael Signer

The Big Idea
Make the Electoral College great again: let “conscientious electors” do their jobsMake the Electoral College great again: let “conscientious electors” do their jobs
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The founders didn’t expect electors to rubber-stamp the popular vote.

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