A letter titled “No reason to mess with Electoral College” noted that “Sen. Dick Durbin is proposing to abolish the Electoral College, saying it is antiquated and does not represent democracy.” The ...

In 2016 Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton but became president as a result of his winning a majority in the Electoral College. It was the fifth time in the history of the United ...

After last fall’s election of La Plata County’s Board of County Commissioners, we read of some county neighbors complaining about the “undemocratic” method used to elect commissioners in our county.

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Senators Dick Durbin of Illinois, Brian Schatz of Hawaii, and Peter Welch of Vermont, with the endorsement of New York governor Kathy Hochul, have introduced a constitutional amendment to replace the ...

As she presided over New York’s Electoral College vote on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the Electoral College to be replaced with a national popular vote. “It’s time to amend the Constitution ...

Every presidential election cycle, constitutional law expert Alison LaCroix can count on people asking her one question when they learn what she does for a living. “Why do we have the Electoral ...