Are we close to a tipping point for a Constitutional Amendment to end the Electoral College?

[Ted King]

swampy wrote:
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[quote=swampy]
A good argument might be that it's the Constitutional way we do things. Until there is an amendment to the Constitution it will be the way we continue to do it.

I don't see how any Congressional bill can just up and change the Constitution. It may be a popular aspiration of the liberal elite, but I doubt it can pass in Congress.

There is nothing unConstitutional about the National Popular Vote bill(s) and those bills are passed by states not Congress.
Agree, nothing unConstitutional about it, but the Constitution is pretty clear about how we elect Presidents and the electoral college is only used in presidential elections. No vote by Congress alone can change that.

Obama may try to change that by Executive Order like he's changing so many things with the swipe of his pen. /sarc
Under the National Popular vote system, it would still be the Electoral College that decides who becomes president - it's just that enough states would agree to cast their votes in the Electoral College in a manner to assure that the person with the plurality of votes nationwide gets enough Electoral College votes to become president.

I have no idea what you are referring to in relation to the Electoral College with your comment about Obama and an executive order.