Uhh, lay off the glue.But when Obama/Biden were in office, it wasn't their responsibility? How convenient!... At this point, it lays squarely on the sitting President who has the power to stop it cold...I hope he adds in the most recent one where Joe says that Russian interference would not have happened under his or DumBama's administration.
It looks like you have your excuse for losing in 2020 already formulated!
The Courts are going to be looking at it pretty close. Since the Senate won't do a damned thing about it because they will benefit from it, the President won't do a damn thing about it because he will benefit from it, it's going to be up to the oversight of the House and the Court System to start locking up people that cooperate with it...
State Legislatures are responsible for nominating ELECTORS. Your claim that the House is going to take charge is silly as the one thing an elector CANNOT be, is a member of Congress!
State electors meet in their respective state capitals in December to cast their votes. The results are certified by Congress, where they are tabulated nationally in the first week of January before a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives. Congress merely counts the votes, they don't quibble and mindread whether the State Legislatures were influenced by the Russians!
In each State Capitol, electors must complete six Certificates of Vote. Each Certificate of Vote must be signed by all of the electors and a Certificate of Ascertainment must be attached to each of the Certificates of Vote. Each Certificate of Vote must include the names of those who received an electoral vote for either the office of president or of vice president. The electors certify the Certificates of Vote and copies of the Certificates are then sent in the following fashion:
- One is sent by registered mail to the President of the Senate (who usually is the incumbent vice president of the United States);
- Two are sent by registered mail to the Archivist of the United States;
- Two are sent to the state's Secretary of State; and
- One is sent to the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met.
A staff member of the President of the Senate (VP Pence) collects the Certificates of Vote as they arrive and prepares them for the joint session of the Congress. The Certificates are arranged – unopened – in alphabetical order and placed in two special mahogany boxes. Alabama through Missouri (including the District of Columbia) are placed in one box and Montana through Wyoming are placed in the other box. The Office of Federal Register in the Archivist's office reviews them to make sure the documents sent to the archive and Congress match and that all formalities have been followed.
The Twelfth Amendment mandates Congress assemble in joint session to count the electoral votes and declare the winners of the election. They simply count and report the totals, they don't' attempt to divine whether any of the electors minds were influenced by "The Russians".
The session is ordinarily required to take place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The newly elected Congress declares the winner of the election.
Members of Congress can object to any state's vote count, provided 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. So your fantasy of divining that "The Russians!" caused a particular state to vote for Trump would have to be agreed by both houses. In that event the votes from the State are questioned, they are simply ignored, you don't get to assign them to Democrats, Silly!
Your fantasy of Pelosi and the Supreme Court or some rebel Hawaiian District Judge yelling "ALOHA ACKBAR!" and overturning Trump's reelection isn't going to happen.
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