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Apr 4 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
NEW: How Congress can better ensure the peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next by addressing five critical weaknesses in the #ElectoralCountAct (ECA).

by @lawfareblog authors @GCNadeau and @Thomas_A_Berry. [1/5] 🧵

lawfareblog.com/heres-what-ele…
Here are the five critical issues that legislation updating the #ECA should address: [2/5] Image
Additionally, today a group of bipartisan legal experts working with @AmLawInst released their own shared principles for updating the #ECA, which underscores broad cross-ideological consensus on key elements of reform. [3/5] lawfareblog.com/principles-ele…
As momentum in favor of updating the #ECA grows, the bipartisan group of Senators deliberating how to update the law should undertake reform that addresses all of these issues. Anything less would be a missed opportunity to safeguard democracy. [4/5]
To learn more about the #ECA, including recent polling and what people across the political spectrum are saying about the need to update it, go to our website. [5/5] protectdemocracy.org/project/electo…

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