Despite Virginia move, several prominent states moving towards significant electoral college reform: Electoral college reform blocked in Virginia

Virginia Republican senators to kill electoral college change

A plan to alter the winner-takes-all Electoral College rules in the state of Virginia is on the chopping block after two Republican state senators on a key committee said they would oppose it, according to The Associated Press. The proposed remake would have changed how electoral votes are tabulated.

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