Challenge: End Electoral College 20th Century

Your challenge is in the 20th century to remove the Electoral College from the election system. Whether that's in 1990, or 1900, point is, get rid of the electoral college.
 
Your challenge is in the 20th century to remove the Electoral College from the election system. Whether that's in 1990, or 1900, point is, get rid of the electoral college.

Birch Bayh introduced an amendment in 1977 which was narrowly defeated in the Senate. Have it pass the Senate.
 
Better bet is 1969 - an amendment to abolish actually passed the House overwhelmingly and polls of state legislatures indicated it had pretty good odds of full ratification. It also had the endorsement of both Nixon and Johnson, and the support of most interest groups - the Chamber of Commerce, the NAACP, and the League of Women Voters, for example.

It fell a few votes short in the Senate though due to a filibuster by Southern Democrats and weak support by Senate Republicans. Have Republicans back it completely (maybe as a result of a Humphrey victory despite losing the popular vote), and it could pass.
 
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