Refer to 3 U.S. Code § 5 or read the bolded parts below.
If any State shall have provided, by laws enacted prior to the day fixed for the appointment of the electors, for its final determination of any controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors of such State, by judicial or other methods or procedures, and such determination shall have been made at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, such determination made pursuant to such law so existing on said day, and made at least six days prior to said time of meeting of the electors, shall be conclusive, and shall govern in the counting of the electoral votes as provided in the Constitution, and as hereinafter regulated, so far as the ascertainment of the electors appointed by such State is concerned.
This has been established as meaning Congress won't challenge states' electoral votes if they resolved controversies and challenges by the safe harbor date. For this election, that means states like Ohio, Texas, Florida, and many more won't be challenged. The swing states did not resolve disputes and can be challenged.
My bad. I misinterpreted your initial comment and the post actually. 1000s of hours implies all 538 EC votes. I was thinking this was targeted at each of the swing state EC votes. I also thought your initial comment meant that since electors were not explicitly challenged by the legislatures, or that they didn't send dueling electors off the bat that that means the Biden slates of EC voters can't be challenged.
This has been discussed ad nauseum on this site and elsewhere on the internet. You can read the US code for yourself. The part that says "shall be conclusive" means Congress cant challenge qualifying EVs on January 6th. Feel free to read many articles published on the subject.
They can't challenge electoral votes which were uncontested as of the safe harbor date.
Says who? Nothing about that in the ECA.
Refer to 3 U.S. Code § 5 or read the bolded parts below.
This has been established as meaning Congress won't challenge states' electoral votes if they resolved controversies and challenges by the safe harbor date. For this election, that means states like Ohio, Texas, Florida, and many more won't be challenged. The swing states did not resolve disputes and can be challenged.
My bad. I misinterpreted your initial comment and the post actually. 1000s of hours implies all 538 EC votes. I was thinking this was targeted at each of the swing state EC votes. I also thought your initial comment meant that since electors were not explicitly challenged by the legislatures, or that they didn't send dueling electors off the bat that that means the Biden slates of EC voters can't be challenged.
Right. A frivolous delay is what I think OP is suggesting. That would be illegal and would set a precedent to be used against us someday.
3 U.S. Code § 5 establishes a safe harbor date for electoral votes
This has been discussed ad nauseum on this site and elsewhere on the internet. You can read the US code for yourself. The part that says "shall be conclusive" means Congress cant challenge qualifying EVs on January 6th. Feel free to read many articles published on the subject.