[DoodleDawg]

Both you and Pence left out that last part about calling for objections as a part of his responsibilities.

But that does not say that Pence himself can object and refuse to recognize the votes sent in by the states.

[DiogenesLamp]

But that does not say that Pence himself can object...

And here you are arguing that the "president of the Senate" has fewer rights than the rank and file members.

How about this? I'm gonna object anyways, whether other people say I have a right to do so or not.

I'm going to object loudly. I am going to object longly. I am going to castigate everyone who acquiesces to this fraud crap show going forward.

And in so doing, I would have gained the respect of other, not their disgust. (Except for the Democrats, and about who's opinions I give not the least sh*t.)

[Political Junkie Too]

Our posts crossed each other. I said the same thing in my reply to you.

Pence's power was to call for objections, and the members of Congress had the power to object to Electoral College votes.

Keep in mind that this was the "backstop" power, the last resort. The state legislatures had the prior power to question ballots going back to 3 U.S. Code § 2 - Failure to make choice on prescribed day and 3 U.S. Code § 5 - Determination of controversy as to appointment of electors weeks before the ballots made it to Congress.

In fact, 3 U.S. Code § 2 - Failure to make choice on prescribed day may make delayed acceptance of mail-in ballots unconstitutional.

Whenever any State has held an election for the purpose of choosing electors, and has failed to make a choice on the day prescribed by law, the electors may be appointed on a subsequent day in such a manner as the legislature of such State may direct.

Since Election Day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, if a state has not selected its Electors on THAT day, this section of the US CODE says that the legislature may choose the electors after that, and not wait for a week for more ballots to arrive and be counted.

This section of US Code could have also been used to invalidate the 2:00am ballot dumps that put Biden over the top because those ballots arrived on the next day AFTER the day prescribed by law. The legislature could have cited US Code Title 3 § 2 to discard those ballots and call the election at that point. Of course, that action would have been immediately appealed to a friendly judge, who would then have to rule on the interpretation of the US Code.

-PJ