Electoral Reforms Must Include New Endgame

• By Edward B. Foley
• Special to Roll Call
• Jan. 15, 2009, Midnight

Last Thursday, Congress confirmed Barack Obama’s election as president. Thankfully, there was no controversy, as there was the previous two times Congress officially declared a winner. But the procedures for reviewing the Electoral College votes from the states remain deficient — a point that should not be lost in all the current commotion over seating Senators.