After the People Vote is a handbook for students, scholars, journalists, policymakers and political scientists, lawyers, and general readers interested in understanding the electoral college and other post-Election Day election processes.

After the People Vote is a handbook for students, scholars, journalists, policymakers and political scientists, lawyers, and general readers interested in understanding the electoral college and other post-Election Day election processes. It explains: how disputed presidential elections are resolved; why we have an electoral college; how electors are selected and bound; what the constitutional provisions are for selecting a president; what the statutory provisions are for selecting a president; how consistent state recount procedures are; why it is important for states to certify their election results by a date before the electors cast their votes; what the presidential succession process is; what the interactions of the Constitution, federal, and state statutes are; what the party and parliamentary rules are.