The state legislators are saying that they need more time.
I haven't seen their request but it's not to hard to imagine that they are saying that gathering evidence on voter and election fraud takes a lot of time. These state legislators are letting us (and the VP) know that.
Certainly that's a reasonable request to allow them to perform their constitutional duty.
But under existing law the states all turned in their certified list of electors on time.
I haven't seen their request but it's not to hard to imagine that they are saying that gathering evidence on voter and election fraud takes a lot of time. These state legislators are letting us (and the VP) know that.
They've had nine weeks so far. And you're talking about a minority of legislators. What if another minority sends a letter saying the election was fine and the count should proceed?