Republicans plan to alter election results

Republicans plan to alter election results

The official reading of the results of the US presidential elections in Congress on January 6 is likely to be delayed.

After a group of Republican deputies in the United States House of Representatives, Josh Hawley, a Republican senator, announced on Wednesday (local time) that he would appeal the results that day. As a reason, he wrote on Twitter that there were irregularities in the election.

The current president of the United States, Donald Trump, lost the election to his Democratic challenger Joe Biden in early November, by a clear margin. So far, Trump has stubbornly refused to admit defeat.

Official result on January 6

On January 6, the House of Representatives and the Senate will meet to read the votes of the states and officially announce the result. Only then is it official who has won the elections. There have long been plans among Trump’s Republicans in the House of Representatives to appeal the reading.

Under the law, to force both houses to deliberate on the outcome of the elections, there must be objections from at least one deputy and one senator. With Hawley’s involvement, that requirement would be met.

According to the Scientific Service of the United States Congress, these types of protests have only occurred twice since 1887: in 1969 and 2005. In 2005, the objection of a Democratic deputy was supported by a Democratic senator. The action only delayed the traditional procedure of reading the results, which will likely result in January as well.

House Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday after Hawley’s announcement that she had no doubts that Biden’s victory would be confirmed on January 6. (sda / dpa)