WASHINGTON, DC — Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44) Sept. 21,voted to pass H.R. 8873, the Presidential Election Reform Act, legislation that would prevent future attempts to subvert presidential election results.
This bill is a response to the attempts by former President Trump and his allies to challenge the 2020 election results that led to the January 6th Capitol attack. Introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Liz Cheney (R-WY), two members of the January 6th Committee, the bill will help safeguard the election system against attacks on future presidential election results.
The Presidential Election Reform Act would reform the Electoral Count Act by:
- Reaffirm that a Vice President cannot reject or delay counting presidential election results,
- Raise the threshold for objection to a state’s electors to one-third of both chambers of Congress,
- Set a deadline by which governors need to transmit their states’ electoral appointments to Congress,
- Provide a federal judicial remedy should a state’s governor refuse to certify results,
- Prohibit election officials from willfully refusing to certify ballots,
- And confirm that the rules of an election, including how electors are selected, cannot change after an election has occurred.