WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVO) — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) have introduced a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral ...

At state capitols across the U.S. Tuesday, the presidential electors will be gathering to cast their electoral votes, formalizing President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala ...

Jan. 6, 2021, taught all Americans to pay close attention to the details when it comes to the presidential selection process. Many learned that the election was not over on Nov. 5 and that all popular ...

WASHINGTON -- Following a presidential election in which the winner did not receive the most popular votes, Sen. Barbara Boxer is sponsoring legislation to abolish the Electoral College. In the latest ...

More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years. That archaic process, ...

While the popular vote took place in November, state electors cast their official vote for their respective candidates on Dec. 17. The popular vote and electoral vote usually mirror each other to ...

Abolishing the Electoral College has been the white whale of American politics, but the movement to do so may have an unexpected ally in Donald Trump. A late-night Truth Social post by Trump could be ...

The electoral college combines two different ways of picking a president. — -- Controversies during the primaries and talk of a "rigged" general election have piqued interest among voters about ...

How we elect our presidents has never been more broken — and that’s saying something for an Electoral College system subject to more proposed constitutional amendments than any other topic. We ...

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