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RAND TO THE RESCUE: Second Senator Leans Toward Objecting to Electoral College Certification
National File ^
| 15 Dec 20
| FRANK SALVATO
Posted on 12/16/2020 6:36:30 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
No one is ‘president-elect’ until a joint session of Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote giving elected representatives of the people one last chance to interject.
On January 6th, 2021 a joint session of Congress will meet on Capitol Hill to certify the votes of the Electors to the Electoral College from each state in the Union. But there is a provision that the Framers put in place to help safeguard from nefarious powers that would seek to steal elections at the ballot box. The state Electors having already cast their votes on December 14, 2020, in their respective states, signed Certificates of the Vote, which are sent to the Vice President, the archivist, their state’s Secretary of State, and the District Court Judge with purview in their states.
But the final decision on the votes comes on January 6, 2021, when both congressional chambers will meet in a joint session to count, certify the votes, and declare the winners of each state.
It is during this time that objections can be filed but any objection must be endorsed by at least one US Senator and one US Representative.
If an objection is registered properly, the joint session will be recessed, and each chamber will meet separately to debate and vote on the objection. A simple majority can uphold the objection, nullifying the electoral votes for the state in question.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), told reporters that he isn’t ruling out filing an objection to Electoral votes during the joint session.
“We’re still looking at all the legal stuff that’s happening with the legal cases and we’ll make our decision after we’ve seen all the legal challenges,” Paul said on December 10, 2020.
“We’ll make our decision after we’ve seen all the legal challenges.”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalfile.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: joebiden; randpaul; trump
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To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Sen-Elect Tommy Tuberville, AL, may also be in the challenge camp. he hasn’t taken an official position but is a friend of Mo Brooks and a staunch supporter of President Trump.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:38:42 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: commish
Tommy won’t have a say in it because he won’t be an office yet.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:39:34 AM PST
by
boycott
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Any of them who come forward against this fraud election will go down in history and be sung of.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:39:56 AM PST
by
j.argese
(/s tags: If you have a mind unnecessary. If you're a cretin it really doesn't matter, does it?)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
They need to stand up now. Dem Guvs and corrupt legislators stole our right to a free and fair election. We are disenfranchised.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:40:19 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
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To: commish
I’ll become a big Rand Paul supporter if he does. One thing you can say about Rand Paul is that he’s not part of the establishment.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:40:43 AM PST
by
boycott
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
thanks for the ping. PRAYING that Rand Paul will make the right choice here along with score of Senators.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:41:02 AM PST
by
pollywog
(" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel; frank ballenger; cherry; Widget Jr; Trump Girl Kit Cat; AFB-XYZ; Justice; ..
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:41:10 AM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Atta boy,Rand. I hope he doesn’t have an eleventh hour threatening call from McConnell though. McConnell was pretty much all up Joe Biden’s ass yesterday.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:42:38 AM PST
by
BlackFemaleArmyColonel
(No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
To: boycott
Tommy won’t have a say in it because he won’t be an office yet. The joint session is Jan 6, AFTER the new congress takes office.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:42:38 AM PST
by
commish
(Freedom tastes Sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it!)
To: FreedomPoster
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:43:02 AM PST
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BlackFemaleArmyColonel
(No weapon formed against me shall prosper! (Isaiah 54:17))
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
It should be Loeffler and Perdue first and foremost. If they wanted to be trusted, that is.
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12/16/2020 6:43:20 AM PST
by
Golden Eagle
(********** MERRY CHRISTMAS ***********)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Ring his phone and send emails. This is going to build momentum.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:43:46 AM PST
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: commish
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:43:59 AM PST
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Travis McGee
(EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A simple majority can uphold the objection, nullifying the electoral votes for the state in question. That would be the difficult part. How would this possibly pass in the House.
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
After Rand and his wife were attacked outside the WH after the convention he asked FBI to find out who was financing these goons. He said they were staying at a fancy hotel in the Wretched City. I think he was the *only one* who asked about this.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:50:43 AM PST
by
Chunga85
(Where are the "non-rinos"?)
To: BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Rand Paul has always been his own man, and his instincts are usually right.
To: commish
Okay. I hope people get in Tubbervile’s ears.
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posted on
12/16/2020 6:51:15 AM PST
by
boycott
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