Several Senate Republicans have indicated that they may be open to a revision of the Electoral Count Act (ECA), a 19th-century measure that laid out many of the United States’ modern electoral practices. While Republicans unanimously oppose wider-reaching election bills, a revision of the ECA is seen by some as a much more moderate and acceptable alternative.
After two days of debate over the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, Democrats tried to bring both bills to a floor vote. Unsurprisingly, both bills failed to pass after Republicans filibustered the legislation unanimously, as they have done to every elections bill Democrats have brought to the floor.
