The twelfth amendment to the U.S. constitution said “... and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;–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 ...” The twelfth amendment made no mention of the votes being sent to the National archives.
Yep, the alternate electors have been sent direct to the President of the Senate. This article is some puffed up apparat (like a postal clerk) controlling the flow, and citing a portion... a portion of an Act. Lot’s of Congressional Acts are not currently followed, btw— thousands of them— just ignored. So it is the higher governing document, the US Constitution which has NO amendment called the Electoral Act- but has specific Plenary powers spelled out- no ambiguity.