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Biden Signs Electoral Count Reform Act Into Law

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/biden-signs-electoral-count-reform-act-into-law/

 

WASHINGTON, D.C. โ€” On Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, President Joe Biden signed S. 4573, a bipartisan bill to reform the antiquated Electoral Count Act (ECA), into law. The bill was included in the omnibus spending package to fund the federal government this year.

 

S.4573, the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, is designed to reform the process by which Congress counts Electoral College votes to avoid a repeat of the events of Jan. 6, 2021. The law

 

Clarifies that the role of the vice president ispurely ceremonial,

Raises the threshold for members of Congress to initiate objections to electoral results to one-fifth of each chamber,

Ensures there is one conclusive slate of electors from each state

And outlines a process for expedited court review of election results.

 

In September, the Senate Rules Committee additionally amended the law to

 

Make U.S. Supreme Court review of any federal litigation over the certification of state electors discretionary rather than mandatory,

Ensure the judicial review procedure provided in the act doesnโ€™t exclude litigation in other state and federal courts

And clarify the language around certification of electors to specify that during the counting of electoral college votes, Congress must treat the electors certified by a state and modified by any state or federal court relief as conclusive.