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Eugene

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Tue Mar 19, 2019, 12:44 AM Mar 2019

Warren calls for scrapping U.S. electoral college in 2020 televised town hall

Source: Reuters

POLITICS MARCH 19, 2019 / 12:19 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Warren calls for scrapping U.S. electoral college in 2020 televised town hall

Amanda Becker
2 MIN READ

GREENVILLE, Miss. (Reuters) - Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of more than a dozen Democrats vying for the 2020 presidential nomination, on Monday called for the scrapping of the electoral college, the method used to elect U.S. presidents.

It was the first time Warren has explicitly called to eliminate the system established by the U.S. constitution, in which each state is allotted a set number of “electors” based on the combined total of the state’s representation in Congress.

Warren was participating in a televised CNN town hall in Jackson, Mississippi, when she was asked how, if elected, she would expand access to voting, including for those convicted of felonies.

Warren, 69, said there should be an amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing all citizens the right to vote, and called for the repeal of laws that make it more difficult to cast ballots.

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Warren calls for scrapping U.S. electoral college in 2020 televised town hall (Original Post) Eugene Mar 2019 OP
And boy how the audience cheered crazytown Mar 2019 #1
Watch The Entire Event Here corbettkroehler Mar 2019 #2
Thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Mar 2019 #3
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