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Senate Democrats push plan to abolish Electoral College

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Sens. Brian Schatz , Dick Durbin and Peter Welch are pushing for a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College .

The three senators say it's time to “restore democracy” by allowing for the direct election of presidents through the popular vote alone.

The Electoral College has twice elected a candidate who didn’t win the national vote in the past 19 years .