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Jamie Raskin: “The problem is that the Electoral College is antiquated and obsolete. And there are all these moments of weakness where…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2021
The problem is that the Electoral College is antiquated and obsolete. And there are all these moments of weakness where there are different booby traps that can be installed by hostile actors.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Raskin critiques the Electoral College and highlights its vulnerabilities in the context of recent political events.

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