What's Normal Anymore?

How It Is Supposed To Happen

January 6, 2025, Congress will meet in joint session to count the electoral votes. The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the Electoral College vote. The President of the Senate then declares which person, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.

If any objections to the electoral votes are made, they must be submitted in writing and be signed by at least one-fifth of the members of the House and one-fifth of the Senators. If objections are presented, the House and Senate withdraw to their respective chambers to consider the merits of the objection(s) under procedures set out in Federal law. Only two grounds for objection are acceptable: that the electors of the State were not lawfully certified under a Certificate of Ascertainment, or that the vote of one or more electors has not been regularly given. 

If no Presidential candidate wins at least 270 electoral votes (a majority of the 538 available votes), under the 12th Amendment to the Constitution the House of Representatives decides the Presidential election. If necessary, the House would elect the President by majority votes. The vote would be taken by Senate, with each State having one vote. (The District of Columbia does not vote because it doesn't have voting members in the House of Representatives.)

 

The exception to the rule rears its ugly head when Donald Trump and his MAGA/Republican congressional far-right members, the United States Republican Supreme Court, and various MAGA folks from the "War Room" who have leadership over the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, QAnon and various other hate groups and treasonists.

When that happens, all bets are off!







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