Does the vice president have the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors?

The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors. This is false. Pence, in his role as president of the Senate, is scheduled to preside over Congress’ certification of the results Wednesday, as detailed by the 12th Amendment.

What power does the vice president have to certify electoral votes?

Pence, as vice president and president of the senate, is granted some limited powers during the meeting of Congress to certify electoral votes. But those powers stop short of overturning the election or rejecting fraudulently chosen electors.

What does the Electoral Count Act mean for the vice president?

“One of the points of the Electoral Count Act is to constrain the vice president given this earlier episode and make it clear that he’s a presider, not a decider,” said former Federal Election Commission Chairman Trevor Potter and president of the Campaign Legal Center in an interview with NBC News.

The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors. We asked the White House press office for the legal basis of that claim and did not hear back. Many scholars say there’s nothing in the Constitution or legislation that gives the vice president the power Trump claims.

How are the Electoral College results decided?

Typically, in a joint session of Congress, the vice president opens the envelopes from each state containing the results that determine which candidate got that state’s electoral votes. These results, in the form of official certificates, have been signed and sealed.

Can the vice president decide who won a state’s electoral votes?

“The 12th Amendment vests no power in the vice president or Congress to judge who won a state’s electoral votes when the authorized branches of the state’s government agree, as they do here, on which electors won,” they wrote Jan. 3. “The word ‘counted’ provides no basis for anyone to override anything.

Does the vice president have a duty to open envelopes?

“The Constitution gives a vice president, as president of the Senate, only one role, which is to open envelopes,” Neumann said. “The vice president’s constitutional duty to open envelopes is ministerial.”