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Vice President Mike Pence - January 6th, 2021 (media.patriots.win) ⚡ELECTRIC PENCE⚡
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ben5292001 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't think it needs to be from the state representing the votes, just one from any representative and one from any senator. Then, the House and Senate go to debate and take a vote separately. Both must have a majority to actually overturn the certified vote.

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BlightBane 1 point ago +1 / -0

So you have one senator and one representative, a grand total of two people to contest every single electoral vote one by one?

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ben5292001 2 points ago +2 / -0

I believe it is by state, not one by one.

So if we have 6 electoral votes from Nevada for Biden, and the dueling slate's 6 votes for Trump, we'd need one senator and one representative to challenge the state's votes as a whole. Then, if both the Senate and the House vote to use the Trump votes, they would be the ones counted, and the certified Biden votes would be tossed out. If the Senate and House do not agree, however, the certified votes are the ones counted.

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BlightBane 1 point ago +1 / -0

One senator and one rep from Nevada? Also, the senate and house that votes is the whole thing, not only for Nevada, right? If this is the way you describe it we will need a lot more senators and representatives to achieve anything. Considering that some RINOs have already said the will back Biden it now feels this path is not even going to work.

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ben5292001 1 point ago +1 / -0

In my example, any one senator and any one rep would need to object, not necessarily one from the state being contested. Anyone can object. And yes, it is the whole assembly that votes, not just individual states (but I believe the House gets one vote per state, not per rep, so even though there are 435 reps, there are only 50 votes).