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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections, a partisan practice that

Democracy-preserving changes to the outdated 1887 Electoral Count Act, passed at a time when legislators couldn’t imagine a situation like the shameful events that led up to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, must be approved by Congress. The question now is whether that will be the version passed last week by the House, the version introduced in the Senate, or something in between.

Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections

WASHINGTON: Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections, a partisan practice that has b...

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Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections. The partisan practice has been legal for more than a century but became more fraught after a violent mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol last year. In an effort to prevent another Jan. 6, 2021, bills moving through the House and the Senate would make it harder to lodge those objections when Congress counts the electoral votes in a joint session after...

Democracy-preserving changes to the outdated 1887 Electoral Count Act, passed at a time when legislators couldn’t imagine a situation like the shameful events that led up to the Jan. 6

Members of Congress have officially objected to the results in four of the last six presidential elections.

THE ISSUE

Liz Cheney and 8 other Republicans voted for a reform of the Electoral Count Act to make clear that Mike Pence couldn't do what Donald Trump asked on Jan. 6.