US Code, Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 15.
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/provisions.html#law
Counting electoral votes in congress
§ 15. Congress shall be in session on the sixth day of January succeeding every meeting of the electors.
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Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. 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.
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Thank you. It says the objections are to be written but never says that they had to be submitted beforehand. Anybody in that room could have come forward with a written objection if Cheney had asked the question.
He didn’t.
The requirement of the law was never fulfilled for Barack Hussein Obama. Congress never LAWFULLY certified the electoral vote, because Cheney didn’t ask the question as required by law.
Pinging to El Sordo’s citation of the applicable law. Thanks again, ES.