Congress is on the verge, finally, of passing legislation that would protect the electoral process from a rogue president seeking to cling to power by overturning the will of the American people.
The Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, championed by Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, would clarify that the vice president has only a ministerial and largely ceremonial role in counting electoral votes. The language would make clear that "the role of the President of the Senate while presiding over the joint meeting shall be limited to performing solely ministerial duties."
Under "Powers explicitly denied," the act states, "The president of the Senate shall have no power to solely determine, accept, reject or otherwise adjudicate or resolve disputes of the proper list of electors, the validity of electors, or the votes of electors."
