The Purpose Of Dual Slate Electors-By Harsha Sankar(December 2020)

Senator Rand Paul might join a bid by Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) to challenge the election's outcome and overturn the results in several states on January 6th. Paul, hardly a Trump fan, is very reputable!

This is how dual slate of electors works. If there is only one slate of electors and if an objection is raised as to whether or not the laws of the state were complied with properly, both houses of the federal legislature take a vote on this issue of compliance. If both houses are not in agreement, then the electors as certified by the Governor will be chosen and their votes for President will be counted. That would be the slate of electors present.

If there are two slates of electors present and if an objection is raised as to whether or not the laws of the state were complied with properly, both houses of the federal legislature take a vote on this issue of compliance.

Both houses of the federal legislature decide who the lawful electors are. If both houses cannot choose the same set of electors as lawful, they then decide what slate of electors are not lawful.

If both houses decide that both slate of electors are unlawful, then the electors from that specific state are barred from casting votes for President. If both houses choose the same set of electors as unlawful, then the other set of electors will be chosen to as lawful electors. If both houses are in disagreement, then the set of electors sealed by the governor will cast votes for the President. 

President Trump did the right thing having Republican electors in 4 states cast their votes for him. It would be difficult for either house to reject votes from a state if there was only one slate of electors.

Since there are two slate of electors, the Republican slate in those two states stand a much higher chance of being selected by both houses in case an objection is raised. When there are two slates, no slate is outright rejected but rather not chosen. This decreases the difficulties for both houses to make its choice.