Requirement:
2025 August The US Senate Democrats presented a bill to abolish the electoral college and “restore democracy”.
Rating:
Evaluation: Mixture
What’s true:
It is true that 2024 December Three Democratic senators introduced a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Electoral College in favor of the direct national election. They argued that the current system operating from the foundation of the nation was “outdated and undemocratic”. However, …
What’s wrong:
… The resolution was not transferred from the Senate Court Committee since 2025. August In addition, the US constitutional amendment requires two -thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as ratification from three quarters of the states.
2025 August Rumors began to spread that the US Senate Democrats have introduced a draft law to abolish the electoral college in the presidential election, a system established since the establishment of the nation in Article 1 (1) (3) (archived) in the US Constitution. According to rumors, senators said they would “restore democracy” after removing it.
For example, 2025 August 18 The announcement of X shared a lawsuit saying that the news is “broken” (archived):
Since this writing, the record has received nearly 1 million views and 2,700 estimates. However, this statement has been distributed throughout months. Snopes found similar messages from 2024. December, January and 2025 In February, everyone claims that the news was “breaking”.
This application contained the correct and false elements. Although it is true that three Senate Democrats presented such a legislation, they did so in 2024. December In other words, from 2024 December By 2025 August By 2025 August It was a joint resolution of the constitutional amendment, unlike the draft law (legislators for each difference). Finally, the legislative proposal was not advanced from the Senate Judicial System Committee, where it was introduced.
2024. December 16th Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, D*CC Durbin from Illinois and Peter Welch from Vermont submitted a joint resolution 121, a “joint resolution proposing amendment to the United States Constitution” to abolish the election college and to provide direct United States presidential elections. “
The text of the Joint Resolution was sent to the Judicial Committee four days before the report. Three Senators’presented the constitutional amendment to abolish the electoral college system and restore democracy, allowing direct elections to be made solely by popular votes. ” The statement was published on the Schatz website.
Election College, established in the United States, is a system where voters do not directly choose the president. Instead, they vote for “voters” in each state, whose number is determined by the size of the population in their relevant states. Voters meet to cast their votes a few weeks after the general election took place. The candidate who wins most of the election votes wins the election.
This system created strange situations, for example, in 2000. And in 2020, when the presidential candidates, after winning popular voting, actually lost the election. The system was criticized for effectively developing a minority rule that arises against democratic ideals.
“In the election, the person who gets the most votes should win. It’s so simple” The same statement quotes Schatz as a saying; “No one should expect anymore because of where they live. The electoral college is outdated and it is undemocratic. It’s time to break it.”
It was not the first effort of its kind. The statement also quotes Durbin, saying that he had previously tried to remove electoral college:
In 2000, before the general election, I introduced a bilateral resolution to amend the Constitution and abolish the Electoral College. I still believe it is time to leave this 18th invention, which distracts millions of Americans. American people deserve to choose all their leaders, and I am proud to support this effort with senators Schatz and Welch to enable voters.
However, since this writing of the Joint Resolution 121 has not been advanced to the Judicial System Committee. In addition, the Constitution Amendment Belt is high, as set out in Article V (archived) of the Constitution. The text of the Democratic Senator Legislative Publishing should be approved by the two -thirds of the House of Representatives and the Senate, after confirming three -quarters of the ratification of the state laws, or receiving consent from the ratification of three three -quarters of the states.
In other words, the probability of making such a change was low.
Sources:
“Accounts and resolutions | house.gov.” Www.house.govwww.house.gov/the-house-sexplening/the-legislative-process/bills-resolutions. Accepted 2025. August 20
Bolton, Alexander. “Senate Democrats are planning to abolish Electoral College.” Hill2024. December 16, Thehill.com/homenews/senate/5043206-senate-democrats-abolih-electoral-conlege/. Accepted 2025. August 20
Lucas, Mike. “Why do we have electoral college?” Rutgers.edu2024. October 8, www.ruutgers.edu/news/why-fe-he-have-electorral-conlege. Accepted 2025. August 20
“Overview of Article V, amendment of the Constitution | Constitution, annotated | congress.gov | Congress Library.” Congress.govConstitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artv-1/alde_00000507/. Accepted 2025. August 20
“Schatz, Durbin, Welch presents a constitutional amendment to end an undemocratic electoral college | US Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii.” Senate.GovBrian Schatz, 2024. December 16, www.schatz.senate.gov/news/press-releases/schatz-durbin-welch-inroduce-constitutional-mendment-ook-lomocratic-electoralege. Accepted 2025. August 20
Schatz, brian. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the US Constitution to abolish the Electoral College and to provide for direct US presidential and vice presidential elections. SJRES.121, 2024. December 12, www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-jint-resolution/121/text. Accepted 2025. August 20
Schultz, David. “The College of Minorities and Election: What is the minority that rights?” An overview of Georgia lawst. 55, no. 4, 2021. January, Digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/glr/vol55/iss4/6/ “. Accepted 2025. August 20