The bipartisan bill that could protect elections

Explain It to Me

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🗓️ 6 December 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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With the 2022 midterm elections mostly over, members of Congress are back on the Hill to wrap up loose legislative ends. One of the bipartisan bills floating through the lame-duck session is the Electoral Count Reform Act, a bill that would add protections to the presidential transfer of power. So, what exactly does this legislation do to protect elections, and is it enough? Hosts: Jonquilyn Hill (@jonquilynhill) Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	I think that the holidays feel like frozen noses. I love walking with the dog for long periods
0:38.9	of time, hopefully it's snowing and you've got to wrap up warm. So I think a frozen
0:43.0	nose is a sweaty armpit because your wrap top is so warm but then you're climbing hamps
0:47.5	and heath and you get to the top and you're like, oh, and then you can see the breath,
0:52.0	but then your nose is still freezing to touch.
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1:13.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds. I'm John Cullen Hill. Nearly two years ago,
1:21.0	election deniers attacked the Capitol in an attempt to stop the electoral college vote
1:25.5	from being certified.
1:37.7	At the time, former President Donald Trump and his allies attempted to exploit this 135-year-old
1:44.6	law called the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
1:48.8	In fact, Senator Ted Cruz gave a speech about it.
1:52.3	The framers knew what they were doing when they gave responsibilities to Congress. We have
1:57.1	a responsibility and I would urge that we follow the precedent of 1877. The Electoral
2:04.5	Count Act explicitly allows objections such as this one for votes that were not regularly
2:09.8	given.
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