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NPR reports:
After months of negotiations, a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday announced two proposals related to election administration, including one to reform the Electoral Count Act, a widely criticized 1887 law that governs the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes and that came under fresh scrutiny following attempts to invalidate the presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021.
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, led the effort to reform the law, which would need 60 votes to break a filibuster and pass the Senate. The proposal unveiled Wednesday to reform the Electoral Count Act has 16 co-sponsors, including nine Republicans. Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has signaled he’s open to updating the old law.
ABC News reports:
The senators hope to address the apparent loopholes and vagueness in the bill, problems laid bare last year on Jan. 6 when Trump’s congressional supporters tried to overturn the results in five states that voted for Joe Biden and the committee says Trump attempted to pressure his own vice president to hijack what is normally a ceremonial role in overseeing the certifying of each state’s slate of electoral votes, a move that fueled the Capitol insurrection.
The bipartisan group of 16 senators, nine Republicans and seven Democrats, led by Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and including Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a joint statement, “From the beginning, our bipartisan group has shared a vision of drafting legislation to fix the flaws of the archaic and ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887. We urge our colleagues in both parties to support these simple, commonsense reforms.”
Nine Republicans sign onto a bill to make sure Kamala Harris won’t stage a coup.?https://t.co/2dFon0vyuc
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) July 20, 2022
NEW: A bipartisan group of senators struck a deal on reforming the widely criticized 1887 Electoral Count Act that would prevent attempts to overturn a presidential election.https://t.co/VrRjxlNNxO
— NPR (@NPR) July 20, 2022
We have developed bipartisan legislation to reform the Electoral Count Act to establish clear guidelines for our system of certifying and counting electoral votes for President & Vice President. We urge our colleagues to support these commonsense reforms. https://t.co/yaP1E4s2gr
— Senator Mitt Romney (@SenatorRomney) July 20, 2022