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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a campaign house party, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Salem, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

2020 Democrats’ proposed Electoral College, voting age changes follow state actions

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on popular vote determining presidential elections by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How a national popular vote would amplify conservative voices

By Brian Laurens

Rep. John Delaney, D-Md., speaks to fairgoers during a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

John Delaney: Talk of abolishing Electoral College ‘a waste of time’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, Indiana's Sound Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during a stop in Raymond, N.H. Democratic presidential hopeful Buttigieg said Sunday, March 10, that he and Vice President Mike Pence have different views of their Christian faith and that he doesn't understand Pence's loyalty to President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Pete Buttigieg: Electoral College ‘absolutely’ has to go

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

In this March 9, 2019, file photo, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during an event in St. George, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) ** FILE **

Kamala Harris: ‘I’m open’ to abolishing Electoral College

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke greets supporters after speaking at Gino's Cento Anno, Monday, March 18, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Beto O’Rourke: ‘A lot of wisdom’ in abandoning the Electoral College

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, on the Rose Garden of the White House, March 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Donald Trump defends Electoral College from Democrats’ assault

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., representing House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler of N.Y., joined at left by Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, go before the House Rules Committee as Democrats fast-track a nonbinding resolution that says special counsel Robert Mueller's report, when completed, should be made available to the public and to Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Steve Cohen, Dem lawmaker, says Electoral College was ‘conceived in sin’ to protect slavery

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

"If medical science tells us the baby is well developed at five months, can feel pain ... then we should have restrictions on abortion. You can only imagine the pain that comes from dismemberment," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. (Associated Press/File)

Lindsey Graham on Electoral College: ‘Democrats want rural America to go away’

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo Republican Gov. Paul LePage speaks at the Republican Convention in Augusta, Maine. The former governor of Maine said any elimination of the Electoral College would hurt white people. LePage told WVOM-AM that allowing the popular vote to choose the president would give minorities more power and that “white people will not have anything to say.” Proposals to eliminate the Electoral College are often floated but fail to gain traction. A Maine legislative committee plans to discuss a proposal this week. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Former governor: Cutting Electoral College would hurt whites

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Lawrence Lessig, right, an attorney representing three Washington state presidential electors, speaks Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, during a Washington Supreme Court hearing in Olympia, Wash., on a lawsuit addressing the constitutional freedom of electors to vote for any candidate for president, not just the nominee of their party. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Washington state electors challenge fine for anti-Trump bid

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

New Mexico lawmakers seek popular-vote system for president

Associated Press

Judge rejects challenge to winner-take-all election system

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

Stacey Abrams vowed to file a federal lawsuit over the way Georgia's elections are run. "It was not a free and fair election," (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Stacey Abrams, Democrats cry illegality after loss in elections

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, democratic candidate for the 14th Congressional District of New York, speaks during a rally against Judge Brett Kavanaugh at City Hall, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm) ** FILE **

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: We must ‘eliminate the Electoral College’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Colorado Electoral College reps told to follow popular vote

By JAMES ANDERSON - Associated Press

Winner take all? Not if Electoral College critics win cases

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Electoral College member Richard Jones signs his ballot in Columbus, Ohio, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. All 18 of Ohio's Electoral College members voted Monday for Republican Donald Trump despite opposition by protesters outside the state capitol building. (Kyle Robertson/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Momentum builds for national popular vote

By Matt Mackowiak

Hillary Clinton. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Hillary Clinton calls for end to Electoral College

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Al Gore in &quot;An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.&quot; (Jensen Walker/Paramount Pictures via AP)

Al Gore on ‘Inconvenient Sequel,’ Trump, and the environment

By JOHN CARUCCI - Associated Press