The Hill reports:
Former President Jimmy Carter and former White House Chief of Staff James Baker penned an op-ed calling for reforms to the 1887 law that governs the counting of Electoral College votes, arguing that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is the latest example of why change is necessary.
The duo’s op-ed, published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday evening, provides support to ongoing negotiations being led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to reform the Electoral Count Act in the wake of Jan. 6, when then-Vice President Pence was pressured to exploit the statute’s ambiguities to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
“The threat of confusion remains,” Carter and Baker wrote. “Left unclosed, loopholes in the act could allow a repeat of the same destructive path that occurred in 2021.”
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As I reported yesterday, these are exactly the sort of reforms that are, in fact, being considered. We have to be sure they get into the final product:https://t.co/NLkBqPwggs
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 19, 2022
Jimmy Carter and James A. Baker III call on Congress to fix the Electoral Count Act: “The need to reform the Electoral Count Act is too great for our elected leaders to get bogged down in the zero-sum game of politics that characterizes Washington today.” https://t.co/vaZQjp6ldW
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) July 19, 2022