Two senior members of the Jan. 6 select committee have introduced a bipartisan bill to reform the counting of presidential electoral votes to prevent another riot at the Capitol over disputed results.
Rep. Liz Cheney looks on during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, August 16, 2022.
"Our proposal is intended to preserve the rule of law for all future presidential elections by ensuring that self-interested politicians cannot steal from the people the guarantee that our government derives its power from the consent of the governed," Cheney and Lofgren wrote in a jointRep. Liz Cheney looks on during her primary election night party in Jackson, Wyoming, August 16, 2022.
The bill would make it more difficult for lawmakers to raise objections to electors from each state, by requiring at least one-third of the members from each chamber to support an objection, rather than one House member and a single senator.It would also clarify ambiguities in the Electoral College process by requiring governors to transmit state results to Congress and prohibit election officials from refusing to certify their state's election results.
The proposal would also prevent state legislators from undoing the election results in their states - and require that elections are carried out under the state rules on the books on Election Day.
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