Acceptance of the certificates is inherent in the act of "opening" and "counted".
Where does it say the VP can determine fraud or fraudulent ballots?
It is inherent in all acts of government, let alone in all acts relating to private parties, that fraud when detected should be addressed and remediated.
The duty of the president of the senate is to open the certificates and read out what has been certified by the states...that’s it.
And what has been certified by the states? Let us imagine a situation in which the Governor of a state, having assumed dictatorial and tyrannical control over the state using an army of henchmen, has built walls around the state border, slaughtered his legislature, butchered his courts, and has issued certificates based on an election held, in violation of the law passed by the legislature while it yet lived, limited to one ballot cast by the Governor. Should those certificates be accepted automatically?
And when the Governor of the state has accomplished his fraud not through force of arms, the shedding of much blood, and obvious strength, but merely through bribery and connivance and conspiracy, should his fraud and that of his co-conspirers be ignored, and the certificates be accepted automatically?
You might argue that neither of these cases applies here, but what I mean to prove by these exaggerations is that the VP has a role to play, and Congress has a role to play, in determining that the certificates received are valid certificates, and accepting them or not accepting them.
This is different from saying, "I don't like the vote on this ballot, therefore I will not accept it."
Ok..ok..so enough already. We find ourselves past all this. It’s ok to disagree as long as we do it with respect.
So, here we are. So far, Biden hasn’t even been in office a month yet and it’s lookin really messed up.
Let’s discuss what it is we can do and where do we place our energies.
My first thought...Texas state rep. Kyle Biedermann has file legislation here in Texas to place a referendum on next Nov. ballot regarding a TEXIT.
What do you guyz think? For / against?
Aye; there's the rub!
Seems as though there SHOULD be a few steps in between the PROVEN abuses and the vote counting.
'Tis easy to SAY this; now; but HOW does the PRESENT law explain how to do this?
The teller at my bank window has a role to play in insuring that no counterfeit money comes into the institution through her window, but does she check to see that I've only deposited around $1,000 every Friday and THIS time I've tried to deposit $3,000?