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What if Your State’s Chief Election Executive Blocks Certification of the Presidential Election?

August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

In the last report of our series on protections against overturning the Presidential election, we consider what happens if the state official authorized to certify your state’s election results refuses to do so. It’s not as far-fetched as you think.

ADM for Sept. 23, 2022: U.S. House Passes Presidential Election Reform Act to Fix the Electoral Count System

September 22, 2022September 22, 2022

Earlier this week, we told you about the differences between the U.S. Senate’s Electoral Count Reform Act, and a similar bill in the U.S. House. September 19th, Representatives Liz Cheney and Zoe Lofgren introduced another version, which passed the House on September 21.

American Democracy Minute for July 28, 2022: Democracy Advocates Speak Out on Election Count Reform Act

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

We’re wrapping up our discussion of the proposed, bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act in the U.S. Senate with what advocacy groups are saying about the legislation.

American Democracy Minute for July 27, 2022: How Does the New Electoral Count Reform Act Protect Against an Election-Denying Governor?

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

As we noted yesterday, a reform for the Electoral Count Act introduced last week in the U.S. Senate clarifies that the governor must appoint the slate of presidential electors. But how does this new proposal protect against, theoretically speaking of course, a governor who is an election-denier?

American Democracy Minute for July 26, 2022: How Do Presidential Electors Get Their Job and Will it Change With the Electoral Count Act?

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

In our second episode on the new Electoral Count Act amendments introduced July 20, today, we’re talking about how the electors are chosen, and what reforms are being proposed to keep the system from being manipulated.