Rep. Schiff to Bill Maher: ‘I would favor doing away with the Electoral College system’

By Andrew Mark Miller

Published October 10, 2020 7:16pm ET

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Rep. Schiff to Bill Maher: ‘I would favor doing away with the Electoral College system’ — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., walks through the Hall of Columns at the Capitol as House Democratic chairs gather for a meeting with Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Rep. Adam Schiff told late-night host Bill Maher that he supports eliminating the Electoral College.

“I think we’re better off focusing on discrete amendments to the Constitution to overturn Citizens United and make sure that we can have elections untampered or uninfluenced by excessive expenditures and dark money,” Schiff said on Maher’s HBO program Friday night. “And I would favor doing away with the Electoral College system.”

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