California law won't necessarily stop the recounts.
Florida law in 2000 required counties to certify their results no later than November 14. Nevertheless, recounts continued until stopped by the Supreme Court on December 9.
The electoral college votes on December 14. Any state that hasn't finished counting and appointed its electors by that date won't be part of the election of the President or Vice President.
Actually if the electors arent finalized December 14th then the 12th amendment states that each states delegate in the legislature gets one vote. GOP controls a majority of the state delegations
That's wrong. The one-vote-per-state provision only applies if the House is selecting a President, and that only happens if no person wins a majority of the electors who voted.
No matter how fucked up things get in California and New York, there will be electors chosen in November in many states by decisive margins and without controversy, and those electors will vote for a President and Vice President on the date set by law (the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December; 3 U.S.C. § 7).
And this is why Virginia changing their selection of electoral votes to be based on national popular election results is total retard... Virginia requires certified vote counts from every state before it can know who their electoral votes will be.
I wouldn't be surprised, however, if it ends up being challenged and is unconstitutional because of the 10th amendment giving each state sovereignty. Virginia cannot be sovereign if it relies on the other states to know what it's votes should be.
By law, California must certify the vote 35 days after an election.
California law won't necessarily stop the recounts.
Florida law in 2000 required counties to certify their results no later than November 14. Nevertheless, recounts continued until stopped by the Supreme Court on December 9.
The electoral college votes on December 14. Any state that hasn't finished counting and appointed its electors by that date won't be part of the election of the President or Vice President.
Actually if the electors arent finalized December 14th then the 12th amendment states that each states delegate in the legislature gets one vote. GOP controls a majority of the state delegations
That's wrong. The one-vote-per-state provision only applies if the House is selecting a President, and that only happens if no person wins a majority of the electors who voted.
No matter how fucked up things get in California and New York, there will be electors chosen in November in many states by decisive margins and without controversy, and those electors will vote for a President and Vice President on the date set by law (the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December; 3 U.S.C. § 7).
Exactly, if enough states are contested then one candidate may not reach threshold for majority thus activating one vote per state provision
And this is why Virginia changing their selection of electoral votes to be based on national popular election results is total retard... Virginia requires certified vote counts from every state before it can know who their electoral votes will be.
I wouldn't be surprised, however, if it ends up being challenged and is unconstitutional because of the 10th amendment giving each state sovereignty. Virginia cannot be sovereign if it relies on the other states to know what it's votes should be.