“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Twitter Jan. 5, 2020. And “I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Georgia for two Republican incumbents who faced runoff elections. “Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him as much.”
“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Twitter Jan. 5, 2020. And “I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Georgia for two Republican incumbents who faced runoff elections. “Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him as much.”
Why he kept triggering Pence over it is not well understood. I think PDT was desperate and wanted Pence to reject them, but Pence and Trump knew it would fail, the SCOTUS would have an emergency session and quash it.
“The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted,” according to the 12th Amendment.
Envelopes with the certified votes from the Electoral College are brought in two mahogany boxes to the Capitol, and the vice president presides over a joint session in which the certificates are examined to determine they are authentic, with clear instructions for declaring a winner.
“The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the president,” the amendment goes on, unless there is a tie or nobody has secured a majority, in which case the House decides.
Under the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which was passed after the contested election of 1876 in which several states sent rival sets of electors, it is up to Congress to settle any disputes about state certifications.If at least one member of the House and Senate raise an objection about a state’s results, it must be considered, immediately halting the joint session so members can return to their respective chambers and debate the challenge for up to two hours. Then a vote — decided by a simple majority — is held to determine whether to throw out that state’s results. That failed.
“The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Trump wrote on Twitter Jan. 5, 2020. And “I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Georgia for two Republican incumbents who faced runoff elections. “Of course, if he doesn’t come through, I won’t like him as much.”
Why he kept triggering Pence over it is not well understood. I think PDT was desperate and wanted Pence to reject them, but Pence and Trump knew it would fail, the SCOTUS would have an emergency session and quash it.
“The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted,” according to the 12th Amendment.
Envelopes with the certified votes from the Electoral College are brought in two mahogany boxes to the Capitol, and the vice president presides over a joint session in which the certificates are examined to determine they are authentic, with clear instructions for declaring a winner.
“The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the president,” the amendment goes on, unless there is a tie or nobody has secured a majority, in which case the House decides.
Under the Electoral Count Act of 1887, which was passed after the contested election of 1876 in which several states sent rival sets of electors, it is up to Congress to settle any disputes about state certifications.If at least one member of the House and Senate raise an objection about a state’s results, it must be considered, immediately halting the joint session so members can return to their respective chambers and debate the challenge for up to two hours. Then a vote — decided by a simple majority — is held to determine whether to throw out that state’s results. That failed.