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Bills have been introduced in the US Congress on several occasions to amend the US Constitution to abolish or to reduce the power of the Electoral College and to provide for the direct popular election of the US president and vice president.

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Electoral College abolition amendment

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this article: Electoral College Abolition Amendment (1969) The closest that the United States has come to abolishing the Electoral College occurred during...

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List of proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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The Bayh–Celler amendment was the closest the United States has come to passing an Electoral College abolition amendment. The amendment would have replaced...

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United States Electoral College

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In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the...

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National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

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the Electoral College by amendment. Carter himself proposed a Constitutional amendment that would include the abolition of the electoral college shortly...

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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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abolition was beyond legal challenge, an amendment to the Constitution to that effect was drafted. On April 8, 1864, the Senate passed an amendment to...

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Efforts to reform the United States Electoral College

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requirement for a constitutional amendment, is at 76% of successful completion as of August 2023[update]. The Electoral College was established by Article II...

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List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification...

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Electoral Count Act

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 § 7 12th Amendment, U.S. Constitution U.S. Const. art. II § 1. See, e.g., National Archives, Roles and Responsibilities in the Electoral College Process...

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Contingent election

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proposed constitutional amendments to alter the contingent election process. Some proposals call for the abolition of the Electoral College and the contingent...

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Abolitionism in the United States

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of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution...

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Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) regarding race-based college admissions. The amendment limits the actions of all state and local officials, and also...

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List of amendments of the Constitution of India

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there have been 106 amendments of the Constitution of India since it was first enacted in 1950. There are three types of amendments to the Constitution...

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United States presidential election

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who receives an absolute majority of electoral votes (at least 270 out of 538, since the Twenty-Third Amendment granted voting rights to citizens of D...

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Slave states and free states

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Willey proposed a compromise amendment to the state constitution for gradual abolition. Sumner attempted to add his own amendment to the bill, which was defeated...

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Equal Rights Amendment

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The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would, if added, explicitly prohibit sex discrimination. It was...

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University constituency

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Socialist Party also stands for the abolition of these constituencies.[citation needed] Australia: the electoral district of University of Sydney returned...

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Electoral reform in the United States

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Electoral reform in the United States refers to efforts to change American elections and the electoral system used in the United States. Most elections...

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Casey Costello

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governance roles for Māori such as the Local Electoral (Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Act 2021 and the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act...

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Politics of Zimbabwe

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Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) (PDF). pp. 52–54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 September 2014. "Electoral Amendment Act 2014 [Act 6-2014]"...

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Councillor

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member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regional government, or other local authority...

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Vice President of the United States

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the people of the United States through the Electoral College. Since the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment (in 1967) to the US Constitution, the vice...

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Corrupt bargain

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1824 election, without an absolute majority winner in the Electoral College, the 12th Amendment dictated that the outcome of the presidential election be...

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African American founding fathers of the United States

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States. Beginning in the abolition movement of the 19th century, they worked for the abolition of slavery, and also for the abolition of second class status...

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1920 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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forty-eight states. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Like all former Confederate...

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