Electoral Count Reform Act (2022)
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https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4573
Meant to prevent another Jan. 6 debacle, the Senate version already garnered 10 GOP co-sponsors, and McConnell has signaled his support.
https://www.axios.com/2022/09/27/electoral-count-act-reform-senate-bill
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/27/mcconnell-schumer-electoral-reform/
Among other things, the bill “reaffirm[s] that the vice president has only a ministerial role at the joint session of Congress to count electoral votes, as well as raise[s] the threshold necessary for members of Congress to object to a state’s electors.”
