"California Sen. Barbara Boxer files long shot bill to scrap the Electoral College system"

Good news in principle. Might work but we have to remember that some 500 attempts have been made in the past century and a half to modify the College; none ever worked.

"Her bill calls for an amendment to the Constitution that would end the Electoral College system. Should such a thing pass, the amendment would only take effect if ratified by three-fourths of the states within seven years after its passage in the U.S. Congress."