The House voted to pass legislation to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to make it more difficult to subvert presidential elections.
Reps. Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren , both members of the Jan. 6 select committee, as a response to the events that culminated with the U.S. Capitol riot.The bill would require a third of House members to sign onto an objection to certifying a state's presidential electors, a significantly higher threshold than the current requirement of just one House member and one senator.
The bill would require governors to transmit the slate of electors chosen by the state's popular vote and allow campaigns to file lawsuits to ensure that happens.The bill aims to prevent the events that preceded the Capitol riot — particularly related to former President Trump urging supporters that his Vice President Mike Pence could reject electors.but just nine Republicans voted for the bill, including Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger , the other Republican on the Jan. 6 committee.
That bill has slight differences — such as only requiring a fifth of House members to sign onto an objection, rather than a third — but is broadly similar.introduced
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