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Electoral Count Act

SOURCE: Harvard Kennedy School
7/28/2022

Alex Keyssar on the Need to Reform the Electoral Count Act

The Electoral Count Act imposed after the contested election of 1876 leaves potential loopholes for a minority faction to override the will of voters and hijack the electoral college. Is proposed bipartisan legislation enough to fix it?

SOURCE: NPR
1/24/2022

One National Republican Wants (Narrow) Action to Tighten up Electoral Count Act

Former Congressman Zach Wamp (R-TN) says that the 1887 Electoral Count Act needs to be revised to take away an opening one party could use to contest election results.