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To: doug from upland

I read this from another Freeper regarding the Electoral Process. Can anyone verify if this is correct and if it solves the problem?

Election Rules

... the libs forgot this part of the process which states that BOTH the Senate and the House must ACCEPT the electors votes from each state.

If there is an OBJECTION sustained by both houses of Congress then that “electors” vote can be rejected or the electors votes from the ENTIRE state can be REFUSED:

Joint session of Congress and Contingencies

Further information: Contingent election

The Twelfth Amendment mandates Congress assemble in joint session to count the electoral votes and declare the winners of the election.[57] The session is
ordinarily required to take place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors.[58]

Since the Twentieth Amendment, the newly elected House declares the winner of the election; all elections before 1936 were determined by the outgoing House.

The meeting is held at 1:00 pm in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives.[58]

The sitting vice president is expected to preside, but in several cases the President pro tempore of the Senate has chaired the proceedings.

The vice president and the Speaker of the House sit at the podium, with the vice president in the seat of the Speaker of the House. Senate pages bring in the two mahogany boxes containing each state’s certified vote and place them on tables in front of the senators and representatives.

Each house appoints two tellers to count the vote (normally one member of each political party). Relevant portions of the Certificate of Vote are read for each state,
in alphabetical order.

Members of Congress can object to any state’s vote count, provide objection is presented in writing and is signed by at least one member of each house of Congress.

An objection supported by at least one senator and one representative will be followed by the suspension of the joint session and by separate debates and votes in each House of Congress; after both Houses deliberate on the objection, the joint session is resumed.

A state’s certificate of vote can be rejected only if both Houses of Congress vote to accept the objection. In that case, the votes from the State in question are simply ignored.

The votes of Arkansas and Louisiana were rejected in the presidential election
of 1872.[59]”


53 posted on 11/16/2016 9:02:49 AM PST by PDGearhead (Obama's lack of citizenship)
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To: PDGearhead
The votes of Arkansas and Louisiana were rejected in the presidential election

Was tried in 2001 (for the 2000) election with one rep objecting but could not get a senator to concur.

58 posted on 11/16/2016 9:09:19 AM PST by AU72
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To: PDGearhead

I believe it is correct.


107 posted on 11/16/2016 11:21:00 AM PST by doug from upland (Many of us knew Clinton was a rapist 24 years ago)
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