House Passes Electoral Reform Bill , in Response to January 6.<br />On September 21, the U.S. House of Representatives <br />passed an electoral reform bill aimed at preventing <br />presidents from overturning election results.<br />'The Washington Post' reports that <br />the bill passed by a 229 to 203 vote.<br />Nine Republicans broke with GOP ranks to join Democrats in supporting the measure.<br />Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming <br />and Zoe Lofgren of California wrote <br />the Presidential Election Reform Act.<br />Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming <br />and Zoe Lofgren of California wrote <br />the Presidential Election Reform Act.<br />The bill explicitly cites the January 6, 2021, <br />Capitol attack as the catalyst for <br />amending the Electoral Count Act of 1887.<br />According to the authors of the bill, the legislation is meant , “to prevent other future unlawful efforts to overturn <br />presidential elections and to ensure future <br />peaceful transfers of presidential power.”.<br />Legal challenges are not improper, <br />but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by <br />the rulings of the courts certainly was, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative, <br />via 'The Washington Post'.<br />Legal challenges are not improper, <br />but Donald Trump’s refusal to abide by <br />the rulings of the courts certainly was, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative, <br />via 'The Washington Post'.<br />In our system of government, elections <br />in the states determine who is the president. <br />Our bill does not change that. But this bill <br />will prevent Congress from illegally <br />choosing the president itself, Liz Cheney, Wyoming House Representative, <br />via 'The Washington Post'.<br />House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the measure, “a historic and bipartisan legislative <br />action to safeguard the integrity <br />of future presidential elections.” .<br />President Joe Biden has also <br />endorsed the bill, calling it the next step in , “critically needed reform of the <br />135-year-old Electoral Count Act.”
