Bushido Squirrel, First InNov 29, 2022
Robert Reich

The Electoral Count Act reforms currently in Congress would codify that state legislatures can't declare a "failed election" and overturn results.

That's exactly what Trump wanted in 2020. It could happen in 2024.

This is why we must pass these reforms during the lame-duck.

Nov 29, 2022 at 6:52pmWeb
Show threadyrrejNov 29, 2022
@rbreich
So many reforms, so little time
Show threadVodaeau๐Ÿฆ†Nov 29, 2022
@rbreich Any time a GOP politician cries election โ€œirregularitiesโ€ they should get put under oath and provide proof and pay for security details for election workers
Show threadRoz DerorsNov 29, 2022
@vodaeau @rbreich Absolutely codify it. Now!
Show threadBarneyRCN๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆโš“๏ธ๐ŸŽ“Nov 29, 2022
@rbreich Get on with it!
Show threadKristysuzNov 29, 2022
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Show threadChristopher WalkerNov 29, 2022

@rbreich one question I have about these reforms is whether they would also invalidate the interstate compact?

After all that could theoretically also result in a state legislature throwing the electoral votes for a state to the candidate who lost in that state, but for the exact opposite purpose.

Not that we shouldnโ€™t pass the reforms, I just wonder if that would be a side effect or if they worded it carefully enough to avoid that.

Show threadShawn NelsonNov 29, 2022
@rbreich I am for any voter reform that enshrines the right to vote and lifts all obstacles that seek to prevent the casting of that vote. Everyone 16 and older should have the franchise. (If you can pay federal taxes you get a vote).
Show threadShawn NelsonNov 29, 2022
@rbreich My democracy wish list: 1. Eliminate the electoral college 2. Eliminate Gerrymandering 3. Popular vote wins. 4. Campaigns can be no longer than 2 months. 5. All funds are provided by the taxpayers no more citizens united. 6. Election Day is a Federal Holiday. 7. Debates are held on public TV in a Lincoln Douglass style. 8. No commercials 9. Equal air time 10. Rank choice voting nationally.
Show threadDan Berky "ื“ืŸ" โ„ž MS ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑNov 29, 2022
@rbreich I believe that the DNC "insiders" prefer to remain blind to the threat.
Show threadProgneSubisProjectNov 29, 2022
@rbreich took your advice and joined Mastodon, so tired of Twitter, Elon should have bought Parlor he would have fit right in.
Show threadsgmb7781Nov 29, 2022
@rbreich Sounds to me like you would like taking state power away and give to the massive, bloated, and too powerful federal government
Show threadDowntown Nino BrownNov 29, 2022
@rbreich what are the chances it will not pass?
Show threadTackydermNov 29, 2022
@rbreich I hope Democrats realize how bad a Republican House could be for Americans. They also need to expand SCOTUS to at the very least 11 preferably 13. Otherwise many more rights will be done away with by the current Republican SCOTUS party.
Show threadDarthdzlNov 30, 2022
@rbreich What I want to know is why didn't we pass them in the intervening 20 months. I mean come on, it's not like the Republicans weren't always going to try this crap again from the moment Trump tried it then.
Show threadMerrillCDec 1, 2022
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