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Re: U.S Election 2020
https://apple.news/A5lMjcRyFQ6eZ5Dbjso-MXQ
Quote:
Pence breaks with Trump and says he lacks power to reject electoral votes for Biden
Vice President Mike Pence told lawmakers he lacks the legal powers to reject Electoral College votes cast for President-elect Joe Biden, even as Donald Trump used a midday rally in Washington to continue pressuring him to do just that.
“It is my considered judgment than my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrained me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not,” the vice president wrote to members of Congress in a letter released minutes before a joint session will count the electoral tally.
The vice president’s office released the letter just as Mr Pence was about to preside over a joint session of Congress to count the Electoral College result and debate any objections.
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Better link
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/mike...-election.html
Quote:
Mike Pence rejects Trump’s call to overturn Biden election
Vice President Mike Pence said he would refuse President Donald Trump’s demand that he try to block the confirmation of Joe Biden’s election as the next president of the United States by Congress.
Pence’s statement breaking with Trump came minutes before the vice president was due to preside over a joint session of Congress, which is meeting to declare Biden the victor.
The statement confirms the view of election experts: that the vice president has no power under the Constitution to refuse to accept the certification of presidential election results from individual states.
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Last edited by Hugh; 06-01-2021 at 19:26.
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