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To: autumnraine
Is the challenge of eligibility by one congressman all it takes?
16 posted on 12/17/2008 10:23:17 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Is the challenge of eligibility by one congressman all it takes?

No. You need a minimum of one Congressman and one Senator to even make an objection. (The statute is quoted above in this thread.) If an objection is made, the Senate and the House then vote on whether to count the disputed Electoral Votes or not. A majority vote is sufficient to count EVs over an objection.

54 posted on 12/17/2008 11:29:18 AM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: Red_Devil 232
“Is the challenge of eligibility by one congressman all it takes?”

My understand is that it only takes one House member and one Senator to challenge. Then they go to their respective chambers and the Challenging folks have one hour to make their case and the opposition has an hour to make their case. This happens in both the House and Senate. Then a vote is taken by the House and the Senate to either Accept the Obama/Biden slate with no further action or Reject the slate. If they reject then I guess that means they would require Obama to present proof of his qualifications.

Any Freeper know if this is correct?? Thanks!

99 posted on 12/17/2008 1:30:31 PM PST by seekthetruth
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