In fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the Electoral College. Its not popular among the Political Science set. Youll get a whiff of George Edwards book which hopefully youve read most of it, if not all of it. You get an argument against the Electoral College. He lays out all the comments for it, which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president but very few americans understand the full extent of the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency, you should walk away understanding how the process we use to select our chief executive officer works, but also because its also really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just like how we started our discussion of president ial nominations by talking about the history of nominations processes and taking a relative
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Cspan your unfiltered view of politics. Up next to house panel looks at the trumpet ministrations actions towards genderbased protections in education, the workplace and healthcare. This labor subcommittee hearing is chaired by donna michi oregon. We are meeting to your testimony on the basis of sex , examining the administrations attacks on genderbased projections. This is a completely virtual hearing and i ask that all microphones for members participating remotely be kept muted as a general rule to avoid unnecessarily background noise. Witnesses will be responsible for muting themselves when theyare recognized to speak or when they wish recognition. Pursuant to House Resolution 1965 and its accompanying resolution members are required to leave their cameras on for the entire time they are in an official proceeding. Even if they step away from the camera. This is an entirely remote hearing and as such the committees hearing room is officiallyclosed. Members who choose to sit with the
Especially the women here today. Thank you for having me and please stay up to date on everything the league is doing. You can follow us on facebook or on twitter. Or whic by visiting us on the website. I just saw in chat we have a series of events coming up also. 5 00 today i believe the league is having a partnership with the Mechanics Library and also talking about the Suffrage Movement and tomorrow in partnership with the public library, the neighborhood history project is also having a presentation about the first suffrage march that is happening and was led by a san franciscan from glen park. So stay tuned. You can also visit wchallenge. Org under events to check out those activities that are ongoing. So thank you again for everyone. This concludes our virtual celebration of womens equality day 2020 today. Thank you very much. Announcement into the record on february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency related to covid19. Further more, the mayor and governor have is
Announcement into the record on february 25, 2020, the mayor declared a state of emergency related to covid19. Further more, the mayor and governor have issued a law making it possible to hold hearings remotely. On april 3, 2020, the Planning Commission received authorization from the Mayors Office to reconvene remotely through the end of the shelterinplace. This will be our 20th remote hearing. I am requesting everyones patience in advance. Were now using web x and were all new to the platform. I expect this will eliminate some technical difficulties, but may present new challenges. If youre not speaking, mute your microphone and turn off your newscast. Comments or opportunities to speak during the Public Comment period are available by calling 14156550001. Entering access code, 146 013 1154. When you are connected and would like to submit public testimony, press star and 3 to be added to the queue. Please do not hit star 3 repeatedly as star 3 will raise and lower your hand. Each spe