VP could have sent results back for verification
An audit of a type. Pence refused
Re: 2 - I don’t believe he could do that.
As I've said before, the whole conversation on this subject over the last 3+ years has been retarded.
You don't take an electoral vote certification document that has been properly signed and sealed as required under the U.S. Constitution and send it back "for verification."
That's like mailing a check in the mail to pay a bill, and the credit card company sends it back to you "just to be sure" you intended to send the payment.
The VP’s role per the Constitution is to simply count the votes.
Had Pence refused to do that, he and Trump would have been impeached, convicted, and thrown out of office in less than 48 hours. They impeached him anyway, but was spared conviction because he was already leaving office.
That has nothing to do with whether the election was sketchy or not. It has to do with his lawsuits all failing before the clock ran out. And from a legal standpoint, nothing has changed since then.
People may not like this opinion and would rather just keep playing the victim, which is actually counter productive. You want to win the game, you have to play by the rules. Or get them adjusted.
Agree.
It was never to “overturn” but to look into ballot counting problems, do some recounts, examine and investigate discrepancies and to delay certification until serious allegations were looked into.
Agree.
The Congressional certification date is early and a number of investigations of wrongdoing was ongoing. Trump was not trying to overturn the election but get it right.
VP could have sent results back for verification
An audit of a type. Pence refused.
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I wish Pence had this authority, but a VP has no Constitutional change to send votes back at all, much less to do so because he thinks they are invalid. His sole charge is to “open” the “certificates”. Think I am wrong? Give me a citr from the plain language of the Constitution.
Exactly. Trump just wanted the states to review the obvious issues, audit what seemed corrupted. That’s not overturning; it’s due diligence.
I agree. There is nothing wrong with questioning election validity by verification of results from applicable states’ legislatures/agencies.