[one guy in new jersey]

What’s the harm in Pence focusing on four big swing states like PA, GA, MI, and WI, entertaining objections to the validity of the slate-selection election (election day) tallies based on the overwhelming stink of corruption arising from the city centers of those states, and send the envelopes back to those states demanding answers regarding what appear to be seemingly coordinated corruptions or irregularities common to all four states, such as unexplained cessation of vote counting when it appeared that Trump was winning, followed by middle-of-the-night resumption of counting resulting in people waking up to see that Biden had strangely seizing the lead in each such state literally overnight.

[semimojo]

…send the envelopes back to those states demanding answers regarding what appear to be seemingly coordinated corruptions or irregularities

Not the VP’s job. Per the Constitution the states are responsible for running their elections and answering those questions before certifying the electors.< p>It isn’t up to the feds to tell the states how to choose their electors.

[DSH]

What’s the harm in Pence focusing on four big swing states like PA, GA, MI, and WI, entertaining objections to the validity of the slate-selection election (election day) tallies based on the overwhelming stink of corruption arising from the city centers of those states, and send the envelopes back to those states demanding answers regarding what appear to be seemingly coordinated corruptions or irregularities common to all four states, such as unexplained cessation of vote counting when it appeared that Trump was winning, followed by middle-of-the-night resumption of counting resulting in people waking up to see that Biden had strangely seizing the lead in each such state literally overnight.

What's the harm? The harm is that neither Amendment XII nor the Electoral Count Act permits the Vice President to do what you propose. In other words, your scenario would constitute wholly lawless action on Pence's part.

Given his credentials, John Eastman is clearly a smart man. But he's also a self-evident crackpot.

[Alberta's Child]

Leave Pence out of this for the moment, since the VP absolutely does not have the authority to unilaterally decide that any certified electoral votes should be “sent back” to the states for clarification.

A more reasonable question would be whether or not CONGRESS has the authority to do such a thing, and even then I would have to believe it does not. The Constitution gives the states the power to certify their electors, and one consequence of this is that Congress really can’t compel any state to “verify” its electors and the process by which they were selected.

[DLfromthedesert]

Good points but unfortunately, Trump didn’t act on them. Listened to Giuliani and Powell with all their nutty ideas.

[DoodleDawg]

What’s the harm in Pence focusing on four big swing states like PA, GA, MI, and WI, entertaining objections to the validity of the slate-selection election (election day) tallies based on the overwhelming stink of corruption arising from the city centers of those states, and send the envelopes back to those states demanding answers regarding what appear to be seemingly coordinated corruptions or irregularities common to all four states, such as unexplained cessation of vote counting when it appeared that Trump was winning, followed by middle-of-the-night resumption of counting resulting in people waking up to see that Biden had strangely seizing the lead in each such state literally overnight.

Pence did entertain objections to two states, Arizona and Pennsylvania. In fact the Arizona challenge had been submitted and the House and Senate were in the process of going to their separate chambers to debate and vote on the challenge when the capitol breach happened. The Pennsylvania challenge was debated and voted on later after Congress reconvened. Those were the only two challenges submitted.