Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) have launched the Presidential Election Reform Act to forestall Trump from stealing 2024.
Here’s a abstract of the invoice:
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Based on NBC Information, the invoice would “The 38-page bill would clarify the vice chairman’s position in counting votes is just ministerial and lift the brink for objecting to electors from one member of the Home and Senate to one-third of every chamber. It might require governors and states to ship electors to Congress for candidates who gained the election based mostly on state regulation previous to Election Day, in keeping with an official abstract, which means states couldn’t change their election guidelines retroactively after an election.”
States would even be banned from extending the election or refusing to certify the outcomes. The laws additionally requires that if there’s an objection throughout the rely to a state’s outcomes, that objection should be based mostly on particular constitutional grounds.
In 2024, Republicans within the Home and Senate will be unable to object to the leads to a state as a result of they voted by mail.
In different phrases, the entire avenues that Trump tried to make use of to overthrow the federal government in 2024 can be closed off. Republicans gained’t have the ability to refuse to certify outcomes as a result of their candidate didn’t win.
The Trump plan for 2024 seems to be to get individuals elected in swing states throughout the 2022 midterm will solely certify the vote for him. The reform laws will enable candidates to sue in federal court docket to get state officers to certify an election.
States will do as they’ve at all times performed underneath the constitutional system. They may run their presidential elections, however state officers will be unable to reject the desire of the voters and select their very own winners.
The Presidential Election Reform Act, or regardless of the last compromise invoice with the Senate is known as, would be the most important laws that Congress passes for the remainder of the yr.
The laws will forestall one other coup and shield democracy.
Mr. Easley is the managing editor. He’s additionally a White Home Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Diploma in Political Science. His graduate work centered on public coverage, with a specialization in social reform actions.
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