Draft:2025 United States Electoral College vote count
A count of the Electoral College results for the 2024 United States presidential election is expected on January 6, 2025.
Background
[edit]Legislative changes
[edit]On December 23, 2022, the 117th Congress passed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act. President Joe Biden signed it into law.[1] Before this law, any senator could challenge the electoral vote; this law requires the minimum support of one-fifth of the senators to raise an objection.[2] The 2025 proceeding will be the first Electoral College vote count to which this law applies.
Security preparations
[edit]On September 11, 2024, the Department of Homeland Security designated the vote count as a National Special Security Event.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Wang, Amy; Goodwin, Liz (23 December 2022). "House joins Senate in passing Electoral Count Act overhaul in response to Jan. 6 attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Bobic, Igor (2024-09-14). "Lawmakers Fear More Jan. 6-Like Violence As Trump Amps Up Election Lies". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
- ^ "Feds increase security for Jan. 6 in effort to prevent Capitol attack repeat".
- ^ Vlachou, Marita (2024-09-12). "Department Of Homeland Security Will Treat Next Jan. 6 As National Special Security Event". HuffPost. Retrieved 2024-09-12.