Opinion by Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman: The Democratic plan to avert a 2024 Trump coup quietly advances
under the current law regulating such things — the Electoral Count Act — if it is not reformed. Revising the ECA is key to preventing this from happening.in the House — called the Presidential Election Reform Act — is the work of Reps. Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney . The Democratic-controlled House will vote on it within days.
Under the Senate bill, if a corrupt governor certifies electors in defiance of the popular vote, an aggrieved candidate can take it to court. A federal judicial panel would weigh in and designate which electors are the legitimate ones, subject to Supreme Court review. Congress would be required to count those legitimate electors.
The House bill adds an additional safeguard: If a corrupt governor defies that judicial panel review and refuses to certify the electors the panel deemed the legitimate ones, the House measure empowers that panel to designateCongress would then be required to countelectors. This would effectively take the weapon out of the hands of the corrupt governor entirely.
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