A newly unveiled proposal aimed at reforming the Electoral Count Act, a widely criticized 135-year-old law governing the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes, has garnered widespread support among election experts.
The 1887 Electoral Count Act has long been lambasted by legal experts, who argue the law is poorly written, vague and antiquated.
“Imagine that there was a law on the books requiring you to travel by horse and buggy. That is literally what the Electoral Count Act is like,” Rebecca Green, co-director of the election law program at the College of William & Mary, told “Here & Now“.
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