One of the biggest accomplishments of the existent Congress came past aft the House passed the omnibus that contained reforms to the Electoral Count Act that volition halt Trump’s 2024 coup.
Once the refomed Electoral Count Act passed the House, Trump’s hopes of staging different coup effort successful 2024 were crushed.
According to a connection from the Campaign Legal Center provided to PoliticusUSA, present is what the updated Electoral Reform Act volition do:
- It prohibits authorities legislatures from changing the instrumentality aft Election Day to overrule their voters and the results of the fashionable election.
- It provides procedures to resoluteness disputes astir electors and predetermination certifications earlier those disputes scope Congress.
- It strictly limits opportunities for members of Congress to second-guess states’ certified predetermination results.
- And it clarifies the vice president’s ministerial relation successful the counting of electoral votes, reinforcing that the vice president does not determine predetermination results.
The transition of the Electoral Count Act updates is an important infinitesimal successful the combat for democracy. Candidates volition present beryllium capable to spell to tribunal if a authorities refuses to certify its predetermination results. There volition beryllium nary much unit connected authorities legislatures to alteration the instrumentality to overturn predetermination results. There volition beryllium nary much statement astir the vice president’s relation successful the counting of electoral votes, and a azygous subordinate of Congress tin nary longer situation predetermination results.
Congress could not adjourn for the twelvemonth without protecting democracy. The adjacent large measurement for Democrats volition beryllium to triumph backmost full power of Congress and walk voting rights legislation.
In a fewer days, President Biden volition get to motion the measure into instrumentality that volition halt Trump’s planned 2024 coup.
Jason is the managing editor. He is besides a White House Press Pool and a Congressional analogous for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree successful Political Science. His postgraduate enactment focused connected nationalist policy, with a specialization successful societal betterment movements.
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