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Trump insisted that Vice President Mike Pence has the right to reverse the election results – Photo: REUTERS
Until the very last moment, the basis for Donald Trump to nullify the victory of his rival Joe Biden was “electoral fraud” in some states of the battlefield, but this accusation was denied by the Department of Justice of the United States and a series of courts. Been dismissed in separate trials.
The Federal Supreme Court, with three members who are Trump-nominated judges, also refused to accept two lawsuits calling for the cancellation of voting results in some states.
After all, the meeting of the United States Congress on January 6 was the final step in recognizing Joe Biden’s victory, after the electoral college finished voting in December 2020. This is a ceremonial event specified in the Constitution. from United States.
What will happen?
According to the Associated Press, the constitution stipulates that the United States Congress must meet on January 6 to open the seal that certifies the electoral results of each state.
In order, starting at 1:00 p.m., the electoral certificates are brought to the conference room in special boxes made of mahogany wood. They will be opened in the order of the initials of the state name.
Next, representatives of the Democrats and Republicans of the bicameral will stand and read the results aloud, recording the official number of electoral votes for each candidate.
Finally, Senate President – Vice President Mike Pence and will also preside over the session, announce which candidate wins the most votes and wins.
If Mr. Pence is unable to serve, the majority majority senator will preside. The person who meets the current criteria is Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
If the result of the vote count is a tie, the House of Representatives will vote for the president, the Senate elects the vice president, but this has never happened since 1800, and Biden beat Trump by a huge gap (306-232).
Electoral vote counting sequence on January 6 – Source: United States Congress, United States Constitution, AP, New York Times – General: D.LINH – Graphics: T.DAT
What if there are objections?
When the results of the individual state vote count are raised, any congressman has the right to protest, but the meeting chair will ignore unless the objection is written and signed by at least one member of each house.
If the request is accepted, the joint session will be stopped, the Senate and House of Representatives will meet separately to consider the objection.
To be effective, the objection must be approved by a majority vote of the bicameral. If no one agrees or only one chamber agrees, the voting results are still counted as the original.
The last time the objection request was considered was in 2005, when Sen. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Sen. Barbara Boxer of the Democratic Party objected to the results of the Ohio state vote. In the end, both houses refused.
This time there were a few dozen Republicans in the House and a small group in the Senate demanding to oppose the results of the vote in some battlefield states, but it was felt that this effort would be difficult to succeed because of the Communist Party. internal. It draws disagreement and the Democratic Party has a majority in the House of Representatives.
What is the role of Mr. Pence?
In the January 6 session, Vice President Pence’s role was only ceremonial, he had no right to influence the results of the vote count, although Trump exerted a lot of pressure.
Pence is not the first vice president to find himself in a situation of self-proclamation of a rival’s victory (and his own defeat).
In early 2001, Vice President Al Gore presided over the announcement of the results of the 2000 elections, in which he lost closely to George W. Bush. He had to dismiss the protests of some Democrats.
In early 2017, Biden presided over a similar session and declared Trump the winner (against Hillary Clinton). He also had to fool the opposition of House Democrats for lack of support.
