Several Senate Republicans have indicated that they may be open to a revision of the Electoral Count Act (ECA), a late 19th century bill that laid out many of the United States’ modern electoral practices; While Republicans unanimously opposed more wide-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. To overcome the objections of half of the U.S. Senate, Democrats then tried to pass a motion to change the filibuster in order to allow the bills to pass by a simple majority. But this maneuver …