Elections & terms
Electoral Count Reform Act
The 2022 law rewriting how Congress counts electoral votes: the Vice President's role is ministerial, and objections need one-fifth of each chamber.
In full
It replaced the ambiguous Electoral Count Act of 1887. The law states that the Vice President has no power to accept, reject, or resolve disputes over electoral votes; raises the objection threshold from one member of each chamber to one-fifth; requires each state to identify a single official responsible for submitting its slate; and provides an expedited judicial route for disputes.
Also written as: ECRA
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