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The appeal to the ballot by some members of the United States Congress could change the results of the 2020 presidential elections.
According to Newsweek, some Republican allies of President Donald Trump plan to appeal the electoral votes of President-elect Joe Biden on January 6 of next year.
Senior US Senate officials, including Majority Leader Mitch McConell, once urged their members not to participate in any attempt to oppose the election results. However, some Republican lawmakers are said to remain open to supporting these efforts.
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| The electoral vote boxes were moved within the session of the United States Congress on January 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters |
So what will happen in the session of the United States Congress on January 6? And do you like the electoral vote appeal process often?
The events occurred on January 6
After being sworn in on January 3, members of the United States Congress will meet in Washington, DC at 1 pm on January 6 to open the polls and count the electoral votes. .
The Constitution of the United States establishes that the President of the Senate (the Vice President of the United States), before the witness of the Senate and the House of Representatives, will open all the sealed ballot boxes and will read aloud the number of official electoral votes of the each state for presidential candidates. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become president of the United States.
In the event that the vice president of the United States is unable to attend the January 6 session, an interim president, the oldest member of the majority faction in the Senate, will be responsible for counting the votes for the vote. In the case of the 2020 presidential election, the person likely to replace Vice President Mike Pence is Chuck Grassley, an 87-year-old senator from Iowa.
The case where electoral votes are denounced
Under the United States Constitution, any member of the House of Representatives has the right to appeal in writing on their state’s ballot. However, these complaints will only be valid if they are ratified by members of the Senate.
In the event that the complaints of the House of Representatives are approved by one or more senators, the bicameral session will suspend the session to discuss them separately for up to 2 hours.
However, the discussion will only take place when the bicameral members vote in accordance with the complaints. If this happens, Congress could interfere or even change the electoral votes of one or more of the states in question. Otherwise, the original electoral votes will be kept.
According to Newsweek, some of President Trump’s allies in the House of Representatives, led by Congressman Mo Brooks of Alabama, have spoken out about his intentions to appeal electoral votes during their Jan.6 meeting. Some Republican senators have also shown the possibility of supporting this effort, such as Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama.
Still, the chances that the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives and the Senate, where the Republican Party is in the majority, will agree on the complaints are slim. Even Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, along with other high-ranking Republicans in the Senate, is said to have urged their members not to participate in any House effort to prevent Mr. Biden’s victory.
Where there were no complaints
In the event that all electoral votes are counted and complaints are ineffective, Vice President Mike Pence, as President of the Senate, will declare President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is the winner.
While this may be an awkward moment for Mike Pence, it is unprecedented. After the 2000 US presidential elections, former Vice President Al Gore had to declare the victory of his own opponent, former President George Bush, on January 6, 2001.
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