evidence: Under the theory proposed by former vice president Mike Pence, former circuit judge J. Michael Luttig, and other distinguished officials and scholars, however, Harris could play only a ceremonial role and would have no right to "overturn" electoral votes. Meanwhile, however, members of Congress of both parties, judging by their votes to challenge the results of the 2016 and 2020 presidential contests, believe that they instead enjoy the right to reject "irregular" electoral votes. They claim this authority under the Electoral Count Act of 1877 (ECA), which establishes a procedure under which, after a member of the House and a member of the Senate vote to raise the question, both houses of Congress by majority vote can agree to reject a state’s electors. Hoping to forestall a repeat of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, an alliance of Republicans and Democrats hope to amend the ECA to eliminate any possible vice-presidential role and to raise the votes required in Congress to reject a state’s electoral vote.