Pence had no authority to tell any state election board to audit anything. Too many Freepers have just been making things up as they go along.
That’s your opinion. Other people had other opinions including Ted Cruz. I don’t know you but I assume he is a most accomplished Constitutional scholar than you are.
I don’t know why they would write a purely symbolic procedure into the Constitution.
And I certainly don’t know why they would need to immediately pass a law to prevent something that you are claiming wasn’t possible in the first place.