aseriesoftubes , 6 months ago

Empty threats. The SCOTUS will settle the question for all of the states long before the Electoral College certification becomes relevant.

ares35 , 6 months ago

voting the obstructionists and insurrectionists out of congress would also take care of the 'problem'.. and the new congress sits before certification takes place.

NovaPrime , 6 months ago

How would the new congress sit before certification? Logically they would not be the new congress before certification. We should just get rid of the archaic bullshit and make certification automatic. It’s 2023 ffs.

Ranvier , 6 months ago

The terms for congressman and the president end at slightly different times. The new congress that is elected is sworn in a couple weeks before the new president is. So it wouldn’t be whoever is currently elected deciding on presidential election certification, it’s whoever is elected next November that will be sitting at that point.

In 2021 for example, the new congress was sworn in on January 3rd, three days before the presidential election certification that was interrupted by an attempted coup on January 6th. Biden was sworn into office on January 20th.

ares35 , 6 months ago

new session starts first of the year, they are the ones that certify the electoral college votes. it's one of their first tasks. 1/6 happened on the third day of that congressional session.

NovaPrime , 6 months ago

Before senators-elect and congresspeople-elect can begin exercising their legislative responsibilities, each must present his or her certificate of election and then take the prescribed oath of office in an open session of the Senate/House. The certificate of election, issued by the governor from the incoming member’s state, confirms that the person was duly elected. Affixed with the state’s official seal, it is delivered to the secretary of the Senate/House for official recording.

oyo , 6 months ago

It’s impossible to underestimate this supreme court.