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Why didn’t he ask the question?

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My eternal haunting.

There’s a very simple explanation for why Vice President Cheney didn’t ask the question. Objections to the certification of Obama’s electoral college votes had to be submitted IN WRITING by at least one member of the House and one member of the Senate.
The Vice President had received no written objections, therefore the question was moot.
If any of the 535 members of Congress had wanted to submit a written objection at the last minute, signed by one member of the House and one member of the Senate, all they had to do was alert the Vice President to that fact or else, simply stand up, raise their hand and get acknowledged for a point of order.

None of the 535 members of Congress did that and since the certification of Obama’s electoral college votes, not one single member of Congress has said that they would have raised an objection if Vice President Cheney had asked for objections. The proof is in the pudding.

Question 1: Where is that requirement stated? Citation and/or link please.

Question 2: Where does it say that the question doesn’t have to be asked if no written objections were received? Citation and/or link please.

There’s a very simple explanation for why Vice President Cheney didn’t ask the question. Objections to the certification of Obama’s electoral college votes had to be submitted IN WRITING by at least one member of the House and one member of the Senate. The Vice President had received no written objections, therefore the question was moot.

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Hmmm .. the National Archives for the U.S. Electoral College says something quite different.

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The Congress is scheduled to meet in joint session in the House of Representatives on January 6, 2009 to conduct the official tally of electoral votes.

The Vice President, as President of the Senate, is the presiding officer. Two tellers are appointed to open, present and record the votes of the States in alphabetical order.

The President of the Senate announces the results of the vote and declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States. The results are entered into the official journals of the House and Senate.

The President of the Senate then calls for objections to be made.

(...also referenced by Cornell University Law School, and likely all authorities and credible educational institutions who reference historical fact.)

If any objections are registered, they must be submitted in writing and be signed by at least one member of the House and Senate. The House and Senate would withdraw to their respective chambers to consider the merits of any objections according the procedure set out under 3 U.S.C. section 15."

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Most unfortunately, the above did not happen, the call was not made, as documented in the video of the actual event.