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Tim Walz calls for scrapping of electoral college to decide US presidential race (www.theguardian.com)

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Kamala Harris’s running mate urges popular vote system but campaign says issue is not part of Democrats’ agenda

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[–] [email protected] 115 points 4 months ago (22 children)

Finally the dems are saying it out loud. They should have been yelling this from the treetops since Bush vs Gore.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (8 children)

It's easy to say and harder to do anything about. I believe it would take a constitutional amendment to fix on the national scale, or "opt-in" from enough states on the state level.

[–] LillyPip 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The first step towards change is elevating the conversation to high office, though, so this is something.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Completely agree!

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