US elections, 11 Republican senators will contest the vote count

Published on: 02/01/2021 7:27 PM

Eleven Republican senators announced today that they will challenge the Electoral College vote count when the Washington Congress meets in joint session for the formal vote count on Wednesday. To report is ‘The Hill’. The senators are demanding that Congress “immediately appoint an Election Commission, with full investigative and fact-finding authority, to conduct a 10-day emergency review of the election results in the disputed states,” they said. “Once” the process is complete, “individual states would evaluate the Commission’s findings and could convene a special legislative session to certify a change in their vote if necessary.”

“Accordingly, we intend to vote on January 6 to reject the voters of the disputed states,” they added, “unless and until the 10-day emergency review is completed.”

“We are not naive – added the 11 senators, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson, James Lankford, Steve Daines, John Kennedy, Marsha Blackburn and Mike Braun, and the senators-elect Cynthia Lummis, Roger Marshall, Bill Hagerty and Tommy Tuberville – we hope that the Most, if not all, Democrats and perhaps more than some Republicans will vote differently. “

“But,” they added, “support for electoral integrity should not be a partisan issue.” “A fair and credible review, done quickly and completed well before January 20, would dramatically improve the confidence of Americans in our electoral process and significantly strengthen the legitimacy of whoever our next president is.”