'Even though Trump's effort to steal the presidency was unsuccessful, it is a stark warning of what could happen in future presidential elections if these antiquated laws are not effectively repaired.'
In the past two weeks, Congress has made major progress in repairing flaws in 19th-century laws governing the presidential election process, including a dangerous loophole that former President Donald Trump and his allies sought to exploit as part of their plot to overturn the 2020 election.
On Tuesday, the Senate Rules Committee reported out the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act by a vote of 14-to-1. The House passed a similar version of the reform, sponsored by two House January 6th Committee leaders, Representatives Zoe Lofgren and Liz Cheney . If state legislatures are given the power to enact election and other state laws without regard to whether they comply with state constitutions, hyper-partisan legislatures will be free to write election laws that improperly benefit the party in power.Moore v. Harper
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