Just another excuse for Republicans to note tighten up e******n security.

They want to try and steal the e******n again.


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House GOP leaders want their members to v**e against e******n reform bill, claiming it's ineffective
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TAL AXELROD and MARIAM KHAN
Tue, September 20, 2022 at 5:14 PM


House GOP leadership said Tuesday that it is formally whipping Republican members to v**e against a bipartisan bill that seeks to reform the counting of p**********l e*******l v**es in order to blunt challenges to the results of a White House race.

A spokesperson for House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., confirmed to ABC News that party leaders will press fellow Republicans to oppose the bill. Earlier Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters there would be a Wednesday v**e on the bill, which was crafted by Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, two leading members of the House committee investigating J*** 6.

"In their continued fixation to inject the Federal government into e******ns, this legislation runs counter to reforms necessary to strengthen the integrity of our e******ns," Scalise's office said in guidance explaining why leadership wants Republicans to v**e "no."

Should all Democrats back the bill, it would still pass the House, where the party has a narrow majority.


The bill seeks changes to the 135-year-old E*******l Count Act, which former President Donald Trump and his allies sought to use to overturn the results of the 2020 p**********l race, the J*** 6 c*******e has said.

Among other things, the proposed legislation affirms that the vice president's role in overseeing the E*******l College count after each e******n is solely ceremonial -- a reform in recognition of the intense pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence was under on J*** 6, 2021, to reject slates of e*****rs for victor Joe Biden. The new bill also requires that one-third of lawmakers from each congressional chamber back an objection to the e*******l results before a v**e, up from the current threshold that requires any objection to win support from just one House member and one senator to trigger a v**e.


The House bill also mandates that governors t***smit state results to Congress and bars e******n officials from not certifying their state's e******n results.

Similar legislation was proposed in the Senate after bipartisan talks that included Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va, and Susan Collins, R-Maine.

The two bills are similar, though the Senate legislation sets a lower threshold to introduce objections to the e*******l count.

MORE: Manchin, Collins cite J*** 6 as they push reforms to 1887 E*******l Count Act

It's unclear which proposal will be able to garner more support, but Democrats are insistent that some kind of e******n bill make it to President Biden's desk.

"Failure is not an option. We've got to put a piece of reform on the president's desk. We've got to protect democracy. That's what all of us, that's what the entire Democratic caucus wants. That's what the J*** 6 c*******e members want. That's our focus," Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. and a member of the committee, told reporters Tuesday morning. "But, you know, in the short term, let's see which chambers pass bills. I think that's important."

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