Two Weeks Before Inauguration, Congress Can Block Electors-By Harsha Sankar (December 2020)

Dear Citizen,

January 6th is a critical day as well. If both a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the US Senate object to the legality(lawfulness) in which electors are chosen by any State(s), they can invoke 3 U.S. Code § 15 and 3 U.S. Code § 17 to object to the electors who had already cast votes for the President and Vice President.

The US Constitution states clearly in the first phrase of Article Two Section 1 Clause 2 the following: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress".

If member(s) of both houses agree that the manner of appointment of electors violated basic laws and fairness, they can get each house( Senate and House of Representatives) to vote on the electors of each state in controversy to determine if they were lawfully eligible to cast votes for President in the first place. If the two Houses concurrently reject votes from any state(s), they claim that such electoral votes "have not been so regularly given by electors whose appointment has been so certified".

Again, 3 U.S. Code § 15 and 3 U.S. Code § 17 provide the statutory justification of the constitutional objection for votes from any State(s). Both houses in the US Congress must decide that these electors were not lawfully chosen according to state law or to Common Law Election fairness.

                                                            Harsha Sankar