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Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz waits to speak during a campaign stop at Laborfest Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Tim Walz’s move in Minnesota to eliminate the Electoral College raises alarms

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, center, met with supporters on the tarmac while arriving at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Who’s fueling Harris’ rise in the polls

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A supporter of President Donald Trump gathers to protest in solidarity on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Salem, Ore. Thousands of President Donald Trump's supporters caused violence and chaos in Washington while Congress attempted to vote to certify that President-elect Joe Biden won the election. (AP Photo/Paula Bronstein)

Choosing the president by national popular vote: A horrible idea

By Tim Constantine

Former President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turning Point CEO Charlie Kirk before speaking during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. The Nebraska Republican Party, currently led by Trump loyalists, will hold a rally Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in Omaha, Neb., featuring conservative activist Kirk to target the state's atypical system of splitting its five presidential electoral votes based on the popular vote within its congressional districts. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

Electoral system in deep-red Nebraska could hand Biden a second term

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

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Letter to the editor: Restore Electoral College to original vision

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Letter to the editor: Good reason for Electoral College

Then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Why the Electoral College works in selecting a president

By David S. Jonas and Patrick Rhoads

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Windham High School in Windham, N.H., on Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) **FILE**

Fake electors play starring role in Jan. 6 charges against Trump

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Authorities stand guard outside the U.S. Capitol after supporters of President Donald Trump gathered Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to ditch Electoral College in favor of national popular vote

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Illustration on the basis of Supreme Court appointees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Undermining the Electoral College to delegitimize the draft Dobbs decision

By Shawn M. Flynn

Malcolm Kenyatta, a state lawmaker from Philadelphia running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a Centre County Democrats' breakfast event at a hotel at the Mountain View Country Club, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Boalsburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File) **FILE**

Far-left Dems abandon anti-police slogans but still run on makeover of American institutions

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a "Cancer Moonshot," event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP invokes Kamala Harris in bid to limit VP’s authority to certify presidential elections

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Liz Cheney: GOP senators who objected to election certification should not run in 2024

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Georgia man arrested in connection with Capitol riot

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

House impeachment manager Reps. David Cicilline, D-R.I., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif,, leave at the end of the day of second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)

Democrats in impeachment trial say Trump didn’t stop riot

By Dave Boyer and Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

“The Electoral College is part of this system of checks and balances, intended to check tyranny. We can no more outgrow it than we can create a world full of perfect human beings,” writes Tara Ross, who has written books about the Electoral College. (Associated Press photograph)

Founders created Electoral College as a check to tyranny

By Tara Ross

President Trump’s multiple policy achievements will last for generations, but his longest-living legacy is likely to be his appointment of conservative judges. Now the Republican Party has to come to terms with the kind of leadership it wants. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump accomplishments mark consequential single term as president

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 10, 2020, file photo Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, speaks to reporters briefly following a closed-door meeting where the Republican Conference held leadership elections, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Donor backlash fuels GOP alarm about Senate fundraising

By BRIAN SLODYSKO - Associated Press

Then-U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis talks to the media in presence of Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev following their meeting at the government building in Skopje, Macedonia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) ** FILE **

Mattis, Esper, ex-Pentagon chiefs: Trump bears blame for Capitol assault

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol Wednesday, disrupting the process. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

Biden win confirmed after pro-Trump mob storms US Capitol

By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press