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Method to the Madness


Decker

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There is a constitutional process if a president refuses to accept election results or moves to legally challenge those results.

If the final vote is in dispute which it is in this case, states with democratic governors but republican legislatures, including the key battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan and Wisconsin, could end up dispatching two opposing groups of Electoral College voters, this was in a report by Marie Claire, who cited a study by election scholar Edward B. Foley.

In that scenario, those states would have two competing sets of electoral votes, as president of the Senate (Mike Pence) would then be tasked with unraveling the situation.

He could consider throwing out both sets of votes from those states, meaning neither candidate would reach the 270 electoral votes needed to end the election challenges/disputes. If that takes place, all members of Congress would vote for president and vice president.

The House of Representatives would vote for president, with each state’s delegation getting one shared vote, and a simple majority of 26 votes needed to elect.

In the Senate each senator gets one vote, with a simple majority of 51 votes needed to elect. Now if either chamber fails to reach a majority, things will get interesting.

Let’s say the Senate elects a vice president but the House of Representatives fails to elect a president, the vice president-elect serves as president until the impasse is resolved.

If neither chamber can reach a conclusion by Inauguration Day, then the presidential line of succession kicks in, and the speaker of the House of Representatives would serve as president until a constitutional based agreement is reached.

This scenario could be the reason for following through on starting the legal proceedings and the non-conciliatory position taken by both the president/vice president and the higher chambers (Senate) republican members.

 

"Principles of the Law,"

"Election Administration: Non-Precinct Voting and Resolution of Ballot-Counting Disputes"

 "Election administration is essential to the proper functioning of our democracy. This work focuses on two areas of great importance: non-precinct voting and the resolution of disputed elections."

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