Jamie Raskin Says It’s Time to End the Electoral College

On Sunday, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) said lawmakers in Congress should begin the process of abolishing the Electoral College, describing the mechanism as a danger to the American people due to the plethora of ways it can be exploited. In comments on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program, Raskin said that presidents should be elected by a popular vote model instead. “We should elect the president…

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