House Passes Electoral Reform Bill , in Response to January 6.
On September 21, the U.S. House of Representatives
passed an electoral reform bill aimed at preventing
presidents from overturning election results.
'The Washington Post' reports that
the bill passed by a 229 to 203 vote.
Nine Republicans broke with GOP ranks to join Democrats in supporting the measure.
Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming
and Zoe Lofgren of California wrote
the Presidential Election Reform Act.
Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming
and Zoe Lofgren of California wrote
the Presidential Election Reform Act.
The bill explicitly cites the January 6, 2021,
Capitol attack as the catalyst for
amending the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
According to the authors of the bill, the legislation is meant , “to prevent other future unlawful efforts to overturn
presidential elections and to ensure future
peaceful transfers of presidential power.”.
Legal challenges are not improper,
but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by
the rulings of the courts certainly was, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative,
via 'The Washington Post'.
Legal challenges are not improper,
but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by
the rulings of the courts certainly was, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative,
via 'The Washington Post'.
In our system of government, elections
in the states determine who is the president.
Our bill does not change that. But this bill
will prevent Congress from illegally
choosing the president itself, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative,
via 'The Washington Post'.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the measure, “a historic and bipartisan legislative
action to safeguard the integrity
of future presidential elections.” .
President Joe Biden has also
endorsed the bill, calling it the next step in , “critically needed reform of the
135-year-old Electoral Count Act.”