[marktwain]

So, the Democrat again work to change long standing rules to their perceived benefit.

[Baldwin77]

So Trump broke the law but we have to rewrite it so he can’t break the new law?

[VTenigma]

“This is fine” /s

[Baldwin77]

Do they have 60 votes?

[butlerweave]

Why not throw out voting and nominate yourselves/family or designate the current Politicians the US Royal Family and they pick a King/Queen

[slumber1]

The fact that they want to codify this into law tells you that they all know the VP’s role is not simply ceremonial. If it was clearly ceremonial, they wouldn’t need to do this. Tying up a few loose ends so it can’t happen again.

[Fungi]

“to prevent a repeat of the effort on Jan. 6, 2021, to overturn the presidential election in Congress.” That never happened.

[Louis Foxwell]

So this makes no effort to contain or otherwise correct illegal balloting by any state. The democrats will rue the day. These restrictions on due process are myopic. They depend on changing the system back to being fair when they are no longer in control.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators proposed new legislation on Wednesday to modernize the 135-year-old Electoral Count Act, working to overhaul a law that President Donald J. Trump tried to abuse on Jan. 6, 2021, to interfere with Congress’s certification of his election defeat.

The legislation aims to guarantee a peaceful transition from one president to the next, after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol demonstrated how the current law could be manipulated to disrupt the process. One measure would make it more difficult for lawmakers to challenge a state’s electoral votes when Congress meets to make its official count. It would also clarify that the vice president has no discretion over the results and set out the steps to begin a presidential transition.

Assistant Democrats strike again!

PING!

[butlerweave]

The GOP will be played like fiddle again , they have no clue the dems already destroyed voting

[CommerceComet]

What politicians on both sides of the aisle need to recognize is that if the people are not allowed to make changes peacefully via the ballot box, they will resort to move violent means to make changes.

[sauropod]

The NYT is *so* repulsive!

[Billyv]

A law with no authority. The duties and powers are delineated clearly in the Constitution. Without a Constitutional Amendment the law is of no effect. The law addressed was never used therefore never challenged in the SCOTUS. Pipe dreams of those that would rule the people!

WWG1WGA!

[Lisbon1940]

This should prevent Harris from sending 2024 back to the states.

[kabar]

So what Trump wanted to do was legal and not lawless.

[Moe-Patrick]

According to Pence lovers, he followed the law which guaranteed ‘democracy’.

If everything was fine, why does it need to be changed to protect ‘democracy’? They can’t have it both ways……either Pence followed the law or he didn’t.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Ah, the New York Times, the paragon of virtue and honest reporting. You could fill a prison with their commie writers and anti-American reporting.

[ballplayer]

No it allows cheating and there is no recourse,there is nothing wrong with the 135 year old law.
This just guarantees cheating

[Eagle Forgotten]

I didn’t know there were so many Kamala Harris fans on FR!

On January 6, 2025, will the VP have the power to reject Republican electoral votes? Suppose the Dems claim there were violations in Texas or other red states. Nevertheless, no Governor, Secretary of State, or other statewide official approves an alternate (pro-Dem) slate of electors. No legislative chamber votes to unseat any Republican electors. No court decision accepts the Dems’ claims. But Harris can reject those electoral votes anyway?

This bill would prevent that. I agree with Lisbon1940 and DoodleDawg.