They had nearly 2 months for that. Regardless, there is no do-over mechanism in the Constitution and no power to a VP to “send it back”, and even if there was for the sake of argument, this would have been overridden by a motion from the floor. The Constitution says the VP “shall” count the Electors. That’s it for him. Only if Congress rejects Electors so they are not there to be counted does it change the total. He can rule as the President of the Senate presiding of the county on parliamentary matters, but again, any of his rulings could be overturned by motion from the floor.
Fantasy world trying to come up with something to have stopped what occurred and creating a villain to blame it on.
“there is no do-over mechanism in the Constitution and no power to a VP to “send it back”,”
And many Conditional Lawyers have a different opinion. You’re entitled to your TDS opinion.