Analysis: What is the Electoral Count Act, and why are people calling for it to be reformed as we near Jan. 6?
But recently, some Republicans have proposed getting Congress out of the role of elections entirely by changing or getting rid of the Electoral Count Act, a sort of olive branch for Democrats who have been struggling to pass election legislation. “It obviously has some flaws, and it is, I think, worth discussing,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Top Democrats want to do much more than change this one, esoteric law governing how Congress certifies the winner of the presidential election.
But once states determine which candidate won, they send those results to Congress. Congress’s job is to simply count up each state’s electoral votes and officially declare the winner of the presidential election. After that, all that’s left is to inaugurate the next president. The Electoral Count Act is a 140-year-old law that governs what Congress should do in the case of any disputes about which candidate won in a state.Congress was certifying those results on Jan.
weakening the filibuster to do it, an action that Republicans correctly view as a major threat to their ability to block Democratic legislation.Right around the time Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer set up a date to vote to change the filibuster, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, John Thune of South Dakota,there’s “some interest” among Republicans in changing the Electoral Count Act in response to the Jan. 6 attacks. McConnell said he’s open to some changes.
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