[Dr. Franklin]

That Constitution says he *SHALL* open *ALL* envelopes of submitted Electors.

The Twelfth Amendment did not anticipate competing slates of electors. They were expected to be selected by the legislature, not the governor. There is no constitutional provision for getting more than one slate of electors. It was not anticipated. VPOTUS receives them, and implicitly makes preliminary determinations.

[mrsmith]

Gee, while I was making that other post.
How humbling...

But there’s no room for “implicity”.

SHALL MEANS SHALL.

A belief that the Founders did not foresee the state legislatures foisting off the execution of elections onto their Executives demeans the Founders political expertise and shows incredible ignorance.