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In August 2025, Democrats in the US Senate introduced a bill to eliminate electoral college and “restore democracy”.
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What is true:
It is true that in December 2024, three democratic senators introduced a change in the Constitution to remove the election college in favor of direct national elections. They claimed that the current system of the founding of the nation was “outdated and undemocratic”. However …
What is false:
… The resolution did not escape from the Senate Judiciary Committee as of August 2025. In addition, the amendment to the US Constitution requires two third votes in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as ratification of three quarters of the countries.
In August 2025, rumors began to spread that Democrats in the US Senate had introduced a bill to remove the Presidential Election Election, a system existing after the founding of the nation filed in Article 2, Clause 3 (archived) by the US Constitution. According to rumors, senators said its removal would “restore democracy”.
For example, on August 18, 2025, a post of X shared the claim, saying that the news was “crashing” (archived):
To this text, the publication has received nearly 1 million views and 2700 likes. However, this statement has spread for months. Snopes has found similar posts since December 2024 and January and February 2025, all claiming that the news is “breaking”.
There were real and fake elements in this statement. Although it is true that three Democrats from the Senate introduced such a legislative act, they did so in December 2024. In other words, no new text was introduced between December 2024 and August 2025. In addition, it was a joint resolution to amend the constitution, unlike the bill (legislative processes for each difference). Finally, the proposal for legislation had not progressed by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, where it was introduced.
On December 16, 2024, Democratic Sensor Brian Shats of Hawaii, D*CK Durbin by Illinois and Peter Welch of Vermont presented a joint resolution 121, “a joint resolution that proposes a change in the United States Constitution and to fore
The text of the joint resolution was sent to the judicial committee four days before the announcement. The three senators’Introduced the Constitution to remove the election college system and restore democracy, allowing direct election of presidents only through folk vote, “according to a A statement posted on the Schatz website.
The U.S. Election College is a system where voters do not directly choose the president. Instead, they vote for “voters” in every country, the number of which is determined by the size of the population in their respective countries. Voters meet to give their votes a few weeks after the general election is made. The candidate who wins the majority of electoral votes wins the election.
This system created strange situations, such as in 2000 and 2020, when the presidential candidates who won the people’s vote actually lost the election. The system has been criticized for the effective creation of a minority rule, which contradicts democratic ideals.
“In the election, the person who receives the most votes must win. It’s so simple,” is that it is simple, ” The same statement quotes a shazS “No one vote should be reported more based on where they live. The election college is outdated and undemocratic. It’s time to end it.”
This was not the first effort of this nature. The statement also cites Durbin, saying that he tried to remove the election college once before:
In 2000, before the general elections, I introduced a bilateral resolution to amend the Constitution and the elimination of the election college. I still believe today that it is time to retire this invention of the 18th century, which invalidates millions of Americans. The American people deserve to choose all their leaders, and I am proud to support this effort with Senators Shaz and Welch to empower voters.
However, to this written joint resolution 121, it has not progressed by the Committee of the Judiciary. In addition, the Bar Association for the adoption of a constitutional amendment is high, as stated in Article V of the Constitution (archived). The legislative text of democratic senators will need to be approved by two -thirds of the House of Representatives and the Senate, before being approved or through three quarters of state legislative bodies, ratified the amendment or obtaining consent from the ratification of the conventions in three quarters of the countries.
In other words, the likelihood of such an amendment to go through was thin of the present writing.
Sources:
“Accounts and resolutions | House.gov.” Www.house.govwww.house.gov/thehouse-xplained/the-legislative-prcess/bills-resolutions. Access to August 20, 2025
Bolton, Alexander. “The Democrats in the Senate are pushing for the elimination of the election college.” The hillDecember 16, 2024, thehill.com/homenews/senate/5043206-Senate-democrats-abolish-electoral-lyge/. Access to August 20, 2025
Lucas, Mike. “Why do we have an electoral college?” Rutgers.eduOctober 8, 2024, www.rutgers.edu/news/why- do-we-have-electoral-college. Access to August 20, 2025
“Review of Article V, Amendment of the Constitution | Constitution Anote | Congress.gov | Library of Congress.” Congress.govConstitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artv-1/alde_00000507/. Access to August 20, 2025
“Shats, Darbin, Welch introduce a constitutional amendment to end the U.S. Sunday College | US Senator Brian Shaz of Hawaii.” Senate.govBrian Shats, December 16, 2024, www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-durbin-welch-introduce-constational-mendment- to-end-ndemocratic-Electoral- Electoral- Electoral-Electoral-Electoral Access to August 20, 2025
Shaz, Brian. A joint resolution offering amendment to the United States Constitution to eliminate the Election College and to ensure the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States. SJRES.121, December 12, 2024, www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/Senate Joint-resolution/121/Text. Access to August 20, 2025
Schultz, David. “Minority Rights and Electoral College: What is a minority whose rights?” Review of the Law in GeorgiaTom. 55, issue. 4, January 2021, Digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol55/iss4/6/. Access to August 20, 2025