The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor. Still, Trump's effort to exploit the law has prompted lawmakers from both parties to take a look at updating it.
Washington The Electoral Count Act proved to be a vital safeguard for democracy when former President Donald Trump sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election in his favor.
Though the 19th-century law is vague, it makes clear that the vice president cannot overturn the result of a presidential election as Trump had hoped then-Vice President Mike Pence would do while presiding over the count of Electoral College votes in Congress. "Look, I understand the disappointment many feel about the last election. I was on the ballot," Pence said last week."But whatever the future holds, I know we did our duty that day.
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