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Post by DotRen on Dec 2, 2020 13:45:51 GMT
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Post by DotRen on Dec 2, 2020 14:25:57 GMT
Here's a look at some key dates from now until Inauguration Day:
Dec. 8
"Safe harbor" to determine election results and assign electors: Under the Electoral Count Act, this is the date by which states are meant to have counted votes, settled disputes, and determined the winner of their electoral college votes. Governors are supposed to create certificates of ascertainment listing the winner of the election and the slate of electors. In 2000, the Supreme Court ended a targeted recount in Florida because it could not be completed by this safe harbor date. That recount would not have changed the outcome of the election, but a full statewide recount could have made Al Gore president. This is when it could become very important for Republicans that they control more state legislatures than Democrats, including in most of the contested 2020 battleground states. Dec. 14
Electoral votes cast: In law, this date is the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December. This year it falls on December 14. Six days after disputes are supposed to be settled, electors are supposed to meet in their respective states and cast votes for US president. They certify six sets of votes and send them to Washington. Many states have laws requiring their electors to support the winner of their state's election and can levy fines against faithless electors who go their own way. Dec. 23
Electoral votes must arrive in Washington: The certified electoral votes have nine days to get from their states to Capitol Hill. Jan. 3
New Congress is sworn in: Members of the House and new members of the Senate take the oath of office at noon. This is the official start of the 117th Congress. Jan. 6
Electoral votes counted: Members of the House and the Senate all meet in the House chamber. The President of the Senate (that’s Vice President Mike Pence) presides over the session and the Electoral votes are read and counted in alphabetical order by two appointees each from the House and Senate. They then give their tallies to Pence, who announces the results and listens for objections. If there are objections or if there are, somehow, multiple slates of electors put forward by a state, the House and Senate consider them separately to decide how to count those votes.There are 538 electoral votes — one for each congressman and senator plus three for Washington, DC. If no candidate gets 270, the 435 members of the House decide the election. Each state gets a vote. The House has until noon on Jan. 20 to pick the President. If they can't, it would be the vice president or the next person eligible in the line of presidential succession. Jan. 20
Inauguration Day: A new president takes the oath of office at noon. In a disputed election, if the House has not chosen a President but the Senate has chosen a vice president, the vice president-elect becomes acting president until the House makes a choice. And if there's no president-elect and no vice president-elect, the House appoints a president until one is chosen.
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Post by DotRen on Dec 2, 2020 14:36:01 GMT
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Post by luanne on Dec 2, 2020 16:19:50 GMT
I don't think you can pardon someone who hasn't even been charged with something. Also a Trump pardon won't protect them from state charges. Good try though Donnie.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Dec 2, 2020 17:54:48 GMT
DotRen , My husband read that each member of the congress can comment about the electoral votes and many Republican members plan to object to the election when they do roll call. Don't know if they plain not vote for the electors. and listens for objections. If there are objections or if there are, somehow, multiple slates of electors put forward by a state, the House and Senate consider them separately to decide how to count those votes. Well, I wonder what's going to happen when objections are made?
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Post by DotRen on Dec 2, 2020 18:09:26 GMT
I'm very anxious about it, to be honest. I don't get the pull that DT has- he's obviously mentally unstable, why would people want him in any office?
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Post by lani on Dec 2, 2020 18:15:18 GMT
I'm very anxious about it, to be honest. I don't get the pull that DT has- he's obviously mentally unstable, why would people want him in any office? I think they just can't resist any chance to mess with the incoming administration, no matter who it hurts.
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Post by lani on Dec 2, 2020 18:22:44 GMT
I don't think you can pardon someone who hasn't even been charged with something. Also a Trump pardon won't protect them from state charges. Good try though Donnie. Some quick googling, I found "A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case..." I don't have the source. It said "modern interpretation". But you are right about state charges.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Dec 2, 2020 19:45:15 GMT
he's obviously mentally unstable Michael Flynn is supposedly telling Trump he should declare martial law and hold a new election run my the military. There's some high ranking retired military person saying members of the military were injured in a fire fight in Germany having to recovering server farm with the "real" election results on it.
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Post by DotRen on Dec 2, 2020 19:51:43 GMT
You know, a lot of people compared DT to Hitler from the start. If they still don't see it, they're beyond blind.
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Post by luanne on Dec 2, 2020 19:56:16 GMT
I don't think you can pardon someone who hasn't even been charged with something. Also a Trump pardon won't protect them from state charges. Good try though Donnie. Some quick googling, I found "A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case..." I don't have the source. It said "modern interpretation". But you are right about state charges. But does "prior to the start of a legal case" mean prior to any charges being filed?
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Post by lani on Dec 2, 2020 22:32:19 GMT
Some quick googling, I found "A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case..." I don't have the source. It said "modern interpretation". But you are right about state charges. But does "prior to the start of a legal case" mean prior to any charges being filed? It was from Wikipedia. Here is the full quote:"A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case or inquiry, prior to any indictments being issued, for unspecified offenses, and prior to or after a conviction of a federal crime."
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Post by luanne on Dec 2, 2020 23:26:31 GMT
But does "prior to the start of a legal case" mean prior to any charges being filed? It was from Wikipedia. Here is the full quote:"A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case or inquiry, prior to any indictments being issued, for unspecified offenses, and prior to or after a conviction of a federal crime." That's nuts. We'd just better hope New York State has some good shit to charge all of the Trumps with.
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Post by amyrs on Dec 3, 2020 14:01:49 GMT
the attorney general of Washington DC had the dughter of Trump had to testifty more to come
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Post by DotRen on Dec 3, 2020 14:35:06 GMT
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