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McConnell Throws Support Behind Electoral Count Act Reform
Headline from The National Interest
In a major development, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has agreed to endorse a bipartisan measure to reform the Electoral Count Act.
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Wednesday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signaled his support for a bill seeking to overhaul the Electoral Count Act of 1887, a century-old election administration law.
Via NRO: “It raises the threshold for objecting to the electoral count — preserving options if something incredibly unlikely were to happen, but ensuring claims with hardly any support can’t paralyzi...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday said he will support a bipartisan bill to reform the Electoral Count Act in the wake of the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will support the bipartisan electoral reform bill that emerged from the Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday afternoon.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday he supports legislation led by Democrats that would make changes to the Electoral Count Act. McConnell said he "strongly" supports the changes, which are being pushed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.
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