Category Archives: electoral college
“Lofgren, Cheney Request Technical Fixes to Electoral Count Reform Act”
Cato:
Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney were the primary sponsors of the House’s version of Electoral Count Act reform, which was passed by the House earlier this year. That bill is unlikely to proceed now, with attention focused… Continue reading
“Ethics Chair Struggles Over Whether Giuliani Crossed A Line”
Kate Buehler at Law360:
The chairman of a D.C. ethics committee deciding whether Rudy Giuliani violated legal ethics rules by filing a lawsuit aimed at overturning the 2020 presidential election results in Pennsylvania said Thursday he was struggling to… Continue reading
I Spoke with Vox’s “The Weeds” Podcast: “The Bipartisan Bill That Could Protect Elections”
Greg Sargent: “New Trumpist threats in Arizona make electoral college reform urgent”
Greg Sargent WaPo column:
At first glance, the spectacle of the Incredible Shrinking Kari Lake might be cause for optimism. Lake is contesting her loss in the Arizona governor’s race, but in so doing, she’s shriveling into an almost… Continue reading
What the litigation path of eligibility challenges to Donald Trump may look like
If I had a crystal ball into the future of litigation surrounding Donald Trump’s candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, I would project something like this: In January 2024, administrative tribunals in Illinois and New Hampshire will issue the first… Continue reading
Amending the Electoral Count Act doesn’t concede that Trump was right about Pence’s role on January 6, 2021
I’ve seen occasional (and perhaps we’ll see them grow increasingly frequent) comments about proposals to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887 make a similar argument. Amendment proposals (including the Electoral Count Reform Act) will expressly provide that the… Continue reading
“McConnell seeks a Jan. 6 mop-up on his terms”
Politico:
Mitch McConnell opposed conviction in Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. He may yet help clean up the mess of Jan. 6.Things are playing out differently in the Senate GOP after only nine House Republicans — all of them… Continue reading
Judge Luttig Likes the Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Change the Electoral Count Act, Urges House and Senate to Compromise to Pass an anti Election Subversion Bill
Thread begins here:
This week, Congresswoman Liz Cheney @RepLizCheney and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren @RepZoeLofgren introduced a bipartisan bill in the House to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887. This bill represents a comprehensive and compelling Rule of Law… Continue reading
Useful Politifact Comparison of the Senate and House Bills to Reform the Electoral Count Act
The latest from Lou Jacobson.
Lofgren-Cheney proposal to amend Electoral Count Act would create new federal cause of action over ballot tabulation
There’s a lot to say about the Lofgren-Cheney proposal (the “Presidential Election Reform Act”) to amend the Electoral Count Act of 1887, released yesterday and potentially voted upon by the House tomorrow (a very compressed timeline for public conversation about… Continue reading
“Congress’ latest House-Senate wrangle: Preventing the next Jan. 6”
Politico:
Efforts to reform an obscure 135-year-old election law, which Donald Trump tried to utilize to subvert the 2020 election, are reviving a classic congressional rivalry: the House vs. the Senate.After signaling for months that they wanted to go further… Continue reading
Cheney-Lofgren Bill to Amend the Electoral Count Act Lists Permissible Bases to Object to Counting Certain Electors, Including that Candidate is Ineligible for President Because of Participation in an Insurrection
I’ve just begun reviewing the draft Cheney-Lofgren bill to reform the Electoral Count Act. It is very much in line with the spirit of the Collins-Manchin bill in the Senate, but differs in some particulars. For example, it has a… Continue reading
“We Have a Bill to Help Prevent Another Jan. 6 Attack; It’s past time to reform the Electoral Count Act to make clear Congress can’t overturn an election result.”
Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren oped in the WSJ (with a proposal that sounds very much in line with Collins-Manchin):
Despite this, Mr. Trump continues to make intentionally false election-fraud allegations, claiming that he should be reinstalled as president. And… Continue reading