You’re having problems with this, so let’s try this way.
Imagine we are back in 2000, Al Gore is presiding over the electoral vote on 1-6-2001.
Does he have the authority to refuse Florida’s 29 electors?
You’re having problems with this because you are comparing apples to oranges, so let’s try this way.
Back then, Gore lost because the USSC supported Florida following the electoral process established by their state legislator.
That is constitutional.
In 2020, several states changed their electoral processes not through their state legislators but through their Secretaries of State and through their Governors. Their Marxist courts upheld the UNCONSTITUTIONAL changes to the electoral process.
Fast forward to Jan. 6.
Judas Pence had all constitutional authority to send back the electoral votes from those states that had requested as much because the state legislators were reporting that the votes were flawed.
Both cases WOULD HAVE BEEN constitutional.
That’s comparing apples to apples.
Enjoy your snack.