Pence statements prior to Jan. 6 undercut his claims on election integrity, constitutional duty

Just the News. ^ | August 3, 2023 - | Ben Whedon

[Alberta's Child]

If the Constitution wanted to define the role of the Veep/President of the Senate in such matters they would have.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems that the Constitution clearly does this. The President of the Senate presides over a joing session of Congress where the electoral votes from each state are unsealed and counted. That's it.

It should be a simple process, but in several cases even that wasn't simple enough.

Interestingly, it should become LESS complicated over time. The Constitution was written at a time when electronic communications didn't exist, when documents had to be delivered by hand while the recipients waited for them, and when there was always a chance that the person delivering them could get lost or waylaid on the way. None of that really applies anymore, which really does make the Congressional certification of the electoral votes pretty much a mere formality today.