Friends:

We hope you will tune in. Lawrence O'Donnell, host of The Last Word on MSNBC, will moderate a live-streamed debate on the Electoral College and National Popular Vote at Cooper Union this Friday at 6:30-8:00 PM eastern time. More information on the debate

Click here to watch the live-streamed debate on Cooper Union's YouTube channel. Note that the debate will not appear until the 6:30 PM ET starting time on this Friday.

Favoring a national popular vote for President will be
  • Neal Peirce, author of The People's President: The Electoral College in American History and Direct-Vote Alternative
  • Dr. John R. Koza, chair of National Popular Vote and lead author of Every Vote Equal: A State-Based Plan for Electing the President by National Popular Vote

Opposing a national popular vote for President will be
  • Tara Ross, author of the books Enlightened Democracy: The Case for the Electoral College and The Indispensable Electoral College: How the Founders’ Plan Saves Our Control from Mob Rule
  • Trent England, Executive Vice-President of the Oklahoma Council on Public Affairs and conservative legal scholar and policy expert

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