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McConnell Will ‘Strongly Support’ Electoral Count Reform

September 27, 2022 at 3:43 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 47 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/09/27/mcconnell-will-strongly-support-reforming-electoral-count-act/

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“Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has endorsed a bipartisan electoral count reform bill in the Senate, giving the legislation a key boost over a similar bill the House passed last week,” the [link:Washington Post|Washington Post] reports.

“Both bills seek to prevent future presidents from trying to overturn election results through Congress, and were directly prompted by the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob seeking to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s electoral win.”

“The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, sponsored by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), would amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and reaffirm that the vice president has only a ministerial role at the joint session of Congress to count electoral votes, as well as raise the threshold necessary for members of Congress to object to a state’s electors.”

Vox: Trump found the holes in our election laws. Congress is trying to patch them.

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