As Illinois’ presidential electors cast their Electoral College votes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin advocates to abolish the system that picks the president of the United States. The ceremony in Springfield was an important one for Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias,

Three progressive Democratic senators have unveiled a constitutional amendment that aims to abolish the Electoral College, five weeks after Donald Trump stormed to victory in the presidential election by sweeping the battleground states.

Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), along with Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) have introduced a constitutional amendment that would abolish the Electoral College system of voting.