Today's Wall Street Journal calls for overhauling the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It's time to revise this law given the significant changes that have occurred in the realm of election-related litigation since its adoption to address the problems in the 1876 presidential election. This may be the only proposed change in election laws on which all parties can agree--we shouldn't waste this opportunity.
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An Opportunity for Bipartisan Election Reform
In the wake of the Capitol invasion, the ECA is ripe for an overhaul that reins in Congress’s increasingly destabilizing role in presidential elections. Repealing the law would make future challenges, even by the most willful candidates, less likely to spin out of control.
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