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csziggy

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8. No, each objection is debated and voted on sequentially though there have been exceptions
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 01:14 PM
Dec 2020
Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress
Congressional Research Service
Page 6:
Objecting to the Counting of One or More Electoral Votes
Section 15 establishes a procedure for making and acting on objections to the counting of one or more of the electoral votes from a state or the District of Columbia. When the certificate or equivalent paper from each state or the District of Columbia is read, “the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any.” Any such objection must be presented in writing and must be signed by at least one Senator and one Representative. The objection “shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof.” During the joint session of January 6, 2001, the presiding officer intervened on several occasions to halt attempts to make speeches under the guise of offering an objection.When an objection, properly made in writing and endorsed by at least one Senator and one Representative, is received, each house is to meet and consider it separately. The statute states, “No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of.” However, in 1873, before enactment of the law now in force, the joint session agreed, without objection and for reasons of convenience, to entertain objections with regard to two or more states before the houses met separately on any of them.
More: https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf

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"he's so tough not going down without a fight" I hear some of this from the press now mucifer Dec 2020 #1
It is called staging a coup and it is a traitors act...certainly not tough. Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #3
it called "throwing a temper tantrum" DBoon Dec 2020 #12
Where you hearing that? BlueJac Dec 2020 #5
What press where? maxsolomon Dec 2020 #6
WGN radio Chicago one reporter. But, mostly they do acknowledge he lost mucifer Dec 2020 #7
do they do the debate all at once...2 hours...and it is over or will they Demsrule86 Dec 2020 #2
As I recall from what I've read, it's each state separately, though the debates in both houses occur highplainsdem Dec 2020 #4
No, each objection is debated and voted on sequentially though there have been exceptions csziggy Dec 2020 #8
I think you meant that as a reply to Demsrule86, reply 2, but thanks for posting the info. highplainsdem Dec 2020 #9
So this will take a while, but Biden will still be inaugurated on the 20th. brush Dec 2020 #14
Oh, what the hell............. MyOwnPeace Dec 2020 #15
Does this mean his supporters will be rioting in the streets for several days then? Lots of jalan48 Dec 2020 #10
They are determined to put an end to democracy. They will lose again, but they are doing harm that KPN Dec 2020 #11
No, we can fix it. EndlessWire Dec 2020 #21
Trump and his flying monkeys BlueIdaho Dec 2020 #13
I would never call him a bad sport. MyOwnPeace Dec 2020 #16
Thanks! BlueIdaho Dec 2020 #20
What? And forego kissing the ground in the Jared Kushner Embassy Courtyard? tanyev Dec 2020 #17
LOL!!!! MyOwnPeace Dec 2020 #18
I guess we can expect these theatrics from here on in DFW Dec 2020 #19
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