You kidding? Ted's VERY busy! There's a LOT of work to do between now and December should Trump get elected!
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December 13, 2016
States must make final decisions in any controversies over the appointment of their electors at least six days before the meeting of the Electors on December 19, 2016. This is so their electoral votes will be presumed valid when presented to Congress. The deadline for resolving any controversies is December 13, 2016.Decisions by states’ courts are conclusive, if decided under laws enacted before Election Day, November 8, 2016.
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December 19, 2016
The Electors meet in their state and vote for President and Vice President on separate ballots. The electors record their votes on six “Certificates of Vote,” which are paired with the six remaining Certificates of Ascertainment.The electors sign, seal, and certify six sets of electoral votes. A set of electoral votes consists of one Certificate of Ascertainment and one Certificate of Vote. These are distributed immediately as follows:
- one set to the President of the Senate (the Vice President) for the official count of the electoral votes on January 6, 2016;
- two packages to the Secretary of State in the state where the electors met: one is an archival set that becomes part of the public record of the Secretary of State's office and the other is a reserve set that is subject to the call of the President of the Senate to replace missing or incomplete electoral votes;
- two packages to the Archivist—one is an archival set that becomes part of the permanent collection at the National Archives and Records Administration and the other is a reserve set that is subject to the call of the President of the Senate to replace missing or incomplete electoral votes; and
- one set to the presiding judge in the district where the Electors met—this is also a reserve set that is subject to the call of the President of the Senate to replace missing or incomplete electoral votes.
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December 28, 2016
The deadline for receipt of the electoral votes by the President of the Senate and the Archivist is December 28, 2016. States face no legal penalty for failure to comply.If votes are lost or delayed, the Archivist may take extraordinary measures to retrieve duplicate originals.
You see, Ted and Kendall can create a lot of mischief here! You think the Convention delegate mess was something - wait until those two get their lawerly hands on December's state-by-state proceedings!
"Tee hee!"
