Top Democrats are working on their Version of an Electoral Count Act (ECA) Reform. Now, as Bipartisan Talks on the issue heat up, these Dems: led by Sens. Angus King (I-ME), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), have released their own Outline.
Current Law: It only takes One Representative and One Senator to Object to a State’s Electoral Votes and Force both Chambers to Debate the Issue. From there, it takes a simple Majority of each Chamber to Sustain the Objection and Reject that State’s Electors.
Dems’ Draft Proposal: It would take the Support of, One-Third of the House and Senate, to Force a Vote on an Objection. And if a Chamber wanted to Sustain that Objection, it would require Three-Fifths of Lawmakers, Not a simple Majority.
Some other notable Updates include, Codifying making the Vice President’s Role Ceremonial, which would Permanently squash TRUMP’s theory that the Veep can Overturn an Election. Moreover, their draft would clarify the role of governors in finalizing states’ election results.”
Reading between the lines: These Thresholds would almost certainly ensure that any Objection would have to be a Bipartisan effort, and they would have stopped Republicans from even Forcing a Vote on the 2020 Results.
The entire Situation screams out classic Congressional Turf war, as Dems look to Advance their Version of this Overhaul, even as the Bipartisan Senate Group said they’d work with the Senate Rules Committee, Chaired by Klobuchar.
Some Dems would argue that having their Own Bill could actually keep the Pressure up on the Bipartisan group, so we shall see.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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