Editorial: Time’s running out to fix electoral vote count loopholes
Behold Congress’ lame duck session, their last chance to pass long-overdue measures to fix loopholes in federal election law that helped stoke the ill-conceived Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” assault on the Capitol.
Fortunately, a refreshingly bipartisan coalition has been rising to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which governs how states certify their presidential elections and appoint electors to choose the president.
Nine Republicans joined Democrats to pass a House version of the bill in September and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backs the Senate version, as do many of his
