Posted on 01/05/2017 3:27:12 PM PST by drewh
Rep. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo., indicated Thursday that he is exploring all possible procedures at his disposal to delay certification of the Electoral College results during a joint session of Congress on Friday.
Perlmutter hasn't committed to putting up a roadblock to finalizing the results, but his office confirmed that he is "reviewing certain laws and the U.S. Constitution as it pertains to efforts to undermine our electoral process."
The rules allow lawmakers to protest the counting of Electoral College votes, but because the votes are counted during a joint session of Congress, a senator would also have to protest the results to halt their certification.
Perlmutter was reacting to intelligence community officials' statements during hearings on Capitol Hill Thursday about Russia's meddling in the November elections. Intelligence officials say Russia was behind the hacking into Democratic emails last year in an attempt to sway the election.
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Enter your email Signup "It is clear Russia intervened in an attempt to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election," Perlmutter stated. "This action by a foreign nation was unprecedented, violated our Constitution and undermined the founding pillars of American liberty and democracy."
"This is not about trying to stop Donald Trump from becoming president," he insisted.
"This is about the fact that our liberty, freedom and democracy were compromised by Russia's intrusion into America's election," he continued. "We cannot allow a foreign nation to ever influence our elections because it harms our liberty, freedom and independence. This is bigger than just one election, and for the sake of our democracy, we must remain vigilant."
A report in Politico said Reps. Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., are also considering challenges to the vote.
Objections from the trio of Democrats—or any of their colleagues—are being encouraged by a variety of good government groups and liberal activists who circulated a legal brief Thursday detailing how to object and claiming that a sizeable chunk of the Electoral College was not legally allowed to participate in voting that took place in statehouses Dec. 19.
Mayor of Midwest city announces campaign for DNC chairman Also from the Washington Examiner Mayor of Midwest city announces campaign for DNC chairman By Anna Giaritelli • 01/05/17 6:13 PM "We have reason to believe that there are at least 50 electoral votes that were not regularly given or not lawfully certified," the brief reads. "We are non-partisan — Democrat, Republican, and Independent. We live in different parts of the country, urban and rural, Red states and Blue states," the coalition stated.
Democrats lodged formal protests during certification of both the 2004 and 2000 Electoral College results.
If Congress threw out enough votes to put Trump below the 270-vote threshold, lawmakers would choose the president from three people who received the most Electoral College votes Dec. 19—Trump, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell.
It is highly unlikely that the GOP-controlled Congress will deny Trump certification of any of his 304 Electoral College votes.
The threat of potential challenges may be inducement enough to keep Republican lawmakers who may have been inclined to skip the usually perfunctory session from leaving town early. A quorum of both chambers must be present to certify the results.
Again, two members (or 268 members, for that matter) can't "delay certification" for more than a few minutes.
And how they howled when Trump wouldn't promise to accept the results of November 8 without question...
“This action by a foreign nation was unprecedented, violated our Constitution and undermined the founding pillars of American liberty and democracy.”
Ummm, I didn’t think a foreign nation was bound by our Constitution. They are, of course, bound by international and bilateral agreements.
If Congress threw out enough votes to put Trump below the 270-vote threshold, lawmakers would choose the president from three people who received the most Electoral College votes Dec. 19—Trump, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell the civil war that the poorly-armed Leftists have been BEGGING for since November 8th, 2016 would commence.
You should have armed up if you wanted to play this card, you brainless Progressive @ssclowns.
Oh, Bravo Sierra Perlmutter. Don't urinate on my leg and tell me it's raining.
And I’ll bet you have boxes and boxes of “20-vote electors” arrayed in their snappy little uniforms of copper & brass. :)
#TheWeepsistance
Apparently, even the Colorado politicians have been getting a fresh supply of marijuana.
Their brains are fried,
Wait until Colorado needs something from Trump——Payback is a bitch.
Does it say in the Constitution that congress may or must certify anything?
Maybe we should get the yeas and nays from dog catchers next week.
Yes. The Constitution says that Congress counts the electoral votes from the states and either declares a winner, or declares that the election is thrown into the House (president) and Senate (vice president).
"Yeah, that's right!"
Is anyone keeping the canonical list of these?
These a-holes don’t believe in elections. That’s why we can’t allow them to get into power again.
LIBS must be crushed to dust...no quarter. If you want to be their friend, something is seriously wrong with you.
I guess the GOP will have to have a GOP congress to certify any Republican that’s elected President. DEMs will never certify a Republican.
This was happening long before pot. I haven’t really seen much difference. Pot was here, legal or not. We have our own swamp to drain.
THIS one will work!!! None of the others did, but THIS one will!
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