If the election hasn’t been called by January 20th wouldn’t that mean that the House of Representatives hasn’t been elected either?
My same thought
This scenario would work this way...the EC fails (for various reasons) to reach 270.
Pelosi’s term as House Speaker ends on 4 January. A new House Speaker would then be elected by the incoming new members. Based on my hunch....a majority of Republicans would be in this group. The Republicans would meet that week and select their Speaker.
Added to this tension, probably 10 to 20 House elections in the various states will not be settled and delayed for a minimum of one to three months...meaning some may not get to DC until Feb.
The back-up method here is that the House would vote....state-by-state for the Presidency. If you have 9 Representatives, with five GOP....then that state would be a Trump state. If you had four Representatives and it was split 2 and 2....would be a zero sum state.
First count with 26 votes....that ends the President’s race.
For VP, the Senate votes....one man, one vote.
The only way that this gets more messed up is that forty-odd races are challenged and incoming Republicans are not appointed by their state to their position.
Pelosi could watch all of this occurring up until 3 Jan, but have no real hand in changing the outcome.
What do you mean by the election "being called", and what does that have to do with the State Legislatures appointing Electors and teh Electoral College electing a President on December 15?