{"id":1787809,"date":"2022-12-27T11:24:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787809"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:33:37","slug":"top-democrat-raskin-calls-for-overhauling-electoral-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-democrat-raskin-calls-for-overhauling-electoral-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Democrat Raskin Demands Overhauling the Electoral College"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-democrat-raskin-calls-for-overhauling-electoral-college%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>In an interview with CBS News\u2019 Face the Nation on Monday, Democrat Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/flashback-democrat-impeachment-manager-jamie-raskin-tried-to-overturn-2016-election-of-trump\/\">Jamie Raskin<\/a> Maryland&#8217;s Electoral College &#8220;a danger not just to democracy, but to the American people,&#8221; Appelling for a complete overhaul of the institution<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The institutions held,&#8221; Raskin. &#8220;they did hold just barely. The truth is that we need to continually be renovating and improving our institutions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raskin explained that &#8220;I think the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-house-votes-to-pass-bill-modifying-electoral-college-certification-process\">Electoral College<\/a> now, which has given us five popular vote losers as president in our history, twice in this century alone, has become a danger not just to democracy, but to the American people.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a danger on January 6th, there are so many curving byways and nooks and crannies in the Electoral College, that there are opportunities for a lot of strategic mischief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-trump-slams-jan-6-committee-for-making-mockery-of-democracy-after-charges-of-insurrection-obstruction-recommended\">January 6 Committee<\/a> Another member suggested that the president be elected &#8220;the way we elect governors, senators, mayors, representatives, everybody else, whoever gets the most votes wins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Brennan, the host, asked Raskin if he believed reforming the Electoral Count Act would resolve the problem. Raskin replied, &#8220;it doesn\u2019t solve the fundamental problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m for that, and that\u2019s the very least we can do and we must do. It\u2019s necessary, but it\u2019s not remotely sufficient. You know, we spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year exporting American democracy to other countries, and the one thing they never come back to us with is the idea that, &#8216;oh, that Electoral College that you have, that\u2019s so great, we think we will adopt that too.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Raskin spoke of Thomas Jefferson and the founding fathers. She said that Raskin &#8220;deplored the sanctimonious reverence which some people look upon the original handiwork by the framers, when they should be looking at it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with CBS News\u2019 Face the Nation on Monday, Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin Maryland&#8217;s Electoral College &#8220;a danger not just to democracy, but to the American people,&#8221; Appelling for a complete overhaul of the institution &#8220;The institutions held,&#8221; Raskin. &#8220;they did hold just barely. 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