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To: springwater13
1. Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors. The Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in the Hall of the House of Representatives at the hour of 1 o’clock in the afternoon on that day, and the President of the Senate shall be their presiding officer.

2. The President of the Senate will announce the elector votes and ask for objections.

3. One member from both the House and Senate must object. "Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received."

4. Both legislative bodies will withdraw for two hours in order to determine the lawful electors of the states in question.

5. The Senate, by a majority vote, will decide who has won the Vice Presidency.

6. The House of Representatives, by a majority vote, will decide who has won the Presidency. There will be only one vote per state, so there will be 50 votes, not 435.

From my understanding, Republicans control more states in the House then Democrats do.

31 posted on 12/16/2020 5:57:09 PM PST by abishai ( )
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To: abishai

You skipped a step. If there’s an objection from both the Housecand the Senate to a states electors , then both the Housecand the Senate vote on whether to accept or reject those electors - and the vote is a regular vote by individual members, not by state delegations. Both chambers must vote to reject a states electors for the electors to be excluded

if enough electors are rejected that neither candidate has a majority, then the House votes on which candidate should be president - and it’s THAT vote that is by state delegations


46 posted on 12/16/2020 6:08:59 PM PST by rintintin (IIf you watch Tucker, you help fund Chris Wallace. No more Fox - period.)
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To: abishai

Go read the explanation by tha national archives. You are wrong. The first vote requires a majority of both houses to go against the certified vote. Not going to happen


77 posted on 12/16/2020 7:09:37 PM PST by ready2brd
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