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The closest that the United States has come to abolishing the Electoral College occurred during the 91st Congress (1969–1971). [1] The presidential election of 1968 resulted in Richard Nixon receiving 301 electoral votes (56% of electors), Hubert Humphrey 191 (35.5%), and George Wallace 46 (8.5%) with 13.5% of the popular vote. However, Nixon ...
The United States Electoral College was established by the U.S. Constitution, which was adopted in 1789, as part of the process for the indirect election of the President and Vice-President of the United States. The institution is criticized since its establishment and a number of efforts have been made to reform the way it works or abolish it.
The Electoral College could be abolished by way of a constitutional amendment, which would require support from two-thirds of the House and Senate and ratification from three-fourths of states ...
Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping ...
National Popular Vote Inc. disputes that a constitutional amendment is necessary for altering the current method of electing the President because the NPVIC would not abolish the Electoral College, [89] and because states would only be using the plenary power to choose the method by which they appoint their electors that is already delegated to ...
The Electoral College meeting occurs on the Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December, which is December 17 this year. Each state’s electors meet in their state and cast their votes. They ...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday called for the Electoral College to be abolished, arguing the system is outdated. “We, the people, forming a more perfect union, and I strongly believe ...
On February 19, 1914, legislation was introduced in the Virginia House of Delegates calling for the direct election of United States senators by the voters of Virginia. [1] This followed enactment of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution on April 8, 1913. Virginia had not voted to ratify the amendment.