How the January 6 Electoral-Vote Count Will Work

[Guno צְבִי]

As noted the Constitution merely specifies that the vice-president will “open” certificates from the states conveying the winning Electoral College slates. The Electoral Count Act obliges the veep to “announce” the electors from each state, as certified by the appropriate state executive official (usually the governor). There is no indication in either statute that the vice-president has the power to disregard state certifications, or, for that matter, to choose between competing certifications (avoiding that problem, which deadlocked the 1876 presidential election for months, was the main reason for passage of the Electoral Count Act in the first place). So according to law and precedent, Pence is confined to the merely administrative chore of opening the certifications state elected officials have sent to Congress, arranging for their tabulation and then noting any challenges to a given state’s announced electors from members of Congress.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-the-january-6-electoral-vote-count-will-work/ar-BB1ctdxP

 

[evince]

The founders never intended a Vice President to be the one to choose wether he gets to be Vice President again


Pretty hard to argue they wanted that in the system

 

[evince]

The only part of the constitution the republicans respect is the 2nd ammendment