It isn't in the VP's hands! What Congress just enacted after the "20 election was that the VP now HAS to abide by the wishes of the Electoral College. The VP can't object, which is what T***p was trying to get Pence to do. Now, they made the VP's "certification" basically ceremonial. I believe I'm right in remembering where Congress chan…
It isn't in the VP's hands! What Congress just enacted after the "20 election was that the VP now HAS to abide by the wishes of the Electoral College. The VP can't object, which is what T***p was trying to get Pence to do. Now, they made the VP's "certification" basically ceremonial. I believe I'm right in remembering where Congress changed that rule and made the VP's certification pretty much obligatory.
We're saying the same thing. If the electoral college results cannot deliver a winner (by whatever hook or crook they come up with), it goes to the Republican House. Our goose is cooked.
"Not if it never reaches the Vice President's hands!" is what you said, which I don't understand. The VP has nothing to do with "certification" now. The VP "certifies", ceremonially, the decision reached by electors in the EC.
It isn't in the VP's hands! What Congress just enacted after the "20 election was that the VP now HAS to abide by the wishes of the Electoral College. The VP can't object, which is what T***p was trying to get Pence to do. Now, they made the VP's "certification" basically ceremonial. I believe I'm right in remembering where Congress changed that rule and made the VP's certification pretty much obligatory.
We're saying the same thing. If the electoral college results cannot deliver a winner (by whatever hook or crook they come up with), it goes to the Republican House. Our goose is cooked.
"Not if it never reaches the Vice President's hands!" is what you said, which I don't understand. The VP has nothing to do with "certification" now. The VP "certifies", ceremonially, the decision reached by electors in the EC.
Poor choice of words. I just meant that the electoral college votes will be rendered meaningless.
Ah, okay, I see.