The Big Insight: In four of the last six presidential elections, electoral vote slates submitted by the states faced challenges from senators or members of the House. The recently introduced Electoral Count Reform Act could make such challenges less likely.
The seeds of the Capitol Hill violence on January 6, 2021 were sown by both then-President Trump and House Republicans challenging the validity of electoral slates from the states. Unfortunately, baseless challenges of electoral votes have become common in the aftermath of presidential elections. The recently introduced Electoral Count Reform Act — introduced by a bipartisan group of 16 senators — has several provisions that would make it harder to challenge or overturn presidential vote counts.
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