Pending in the U.S. Senate, as of its adjournment for the midterm elections, was S. 4573, Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, to reform the 1887 Electoral Count Act, as codified in 3 U.S.C. §§1-21 (2000). It was proposed by Senate Rules Committee Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ranking Minority Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) who is retiring. It would supersede the version of S. 4573 introduced last July by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) previously discussed in the seven prior New York Law Journal articles in this series. S. 4573 would also amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to ensure its even-handed administration during presidential transitions between Election Day and the January 20 inauguration.