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Of the 700 attempts to fix or abolish the electoral college, this one nearly succeeded

8 mins | Dec 11, 2020
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It all started when Governor George Wallace’s presidential campaign nearly threw the 1968 election. In 1969, Congress almost approved a constitutional amendment to get rid of the electoral college, which will meet on the 14th of December to ratify Joe Biden’s election, despite President Trump’s refusal to concede. In The Washington Post, Gillian Brockell tells us more about this attempt.

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