Senate Democrats on Tuesday released a proposal for legislation that would reform a 19th-century election law amid claims that the vice president could have rejected disputed slates of electors while certifying the 2020 presidential results.

The proposed legislation from Sen. Angus King of Maine, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, as well as Rules Committee Chairwoman Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, would update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to clarify that the vice president has a ceremonial role in counting the Electoral College votes and has no power to reject a state’s electors.