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      Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) speaks in the House of Representatives.

      Raskin Says Electoral College Is a 'Danger' to Democracy and Should Be Abandoned

      "We should elect the president the way we elect governors, senators, mayors, representatives, everybody else: Whoever gets the most votes wins."

      Jake Johnson
      Dec 26, 2022

      Rep. Jamie Raskin, soon to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that the Electoral College is a "danger" to U.S. democracy and should be abandoned in favor of presidential elections decided by the popular vote.

      "The Electoral College now, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone, has become a danger, not just to democracy, but to the American people," Raskin (D-Md.) said in an appearance on "Face the Nation" Sunday. "It was a danger on January 6. There are so many curving byways and nooks and crannies in the Electoral College that there are opportunities for a lot of strategic mischief."

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      Former President Donald Trump leaves the stage after announcing his 2024 White House bid

      Electoral Count Act Reform Is Welcome—But Much More Is Needed to Save US Democracy

      Trump did not start the myth of voter fraud—that has been a partisan staple for two decades now.

      Michael Waldman
      Dec 26, 2022

      Congress has approved a budget that includes essential reforms to the Electoral Count Act. The updates, which have broad bipartisan support, eliminate ambiguities in the electoral count process that former President Trump and his allies seized on as they tried to overturn the 2020 election. Anyone looking to undermine future election results will have fewer options, and that is a victory for our democracy.

      The passage comes on the heels of the January 6 committee’s release of its full report. The panel made news by making four criminal referrals for the former president. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of all people, put it well in response: “The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day.”

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