Cheney-backed election reform bill strips VP of all authority when counting presidential votes
FOX NewsSep 19, 2022
The US House is set to vote on the bipartisan Presidential Election Reform Act, introduced by Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 in response to the Jan.6 Capitol riots.
The new legislation would prevent the vice president from overruling states' election results, and would narrow the amount of time and the number of reasons members of Congress can use to object to the results.
In a violation of free speech, Democrats are trying to prevent anyone — including the presidential candidates themselves — from objecting to the results of an election unless those objections meet a very narrow list of specifications. This bill is as illegitimate as the Jan. 6 Committee, which wasn’t even bipartisan due to the House Speaker refusing to seat the GOP’s desired committee members.
Republican animosity toward election reform laws shows they’re willing to allow Trump to attempt to steal an election in the future, so it’s imperative this new bill is passed while Democrats have the majority in both chambers. They should next focus on protecting voting rights for those in danger of being disenfranchised by future Supreme Court rulings.