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US Election: Pence Can Reject Dubiously Selected Electors – Trump
US President Donald Trump says Mike Pence, the vice president, has the power to decline electors whose selection process is questionable.
Trump’s claim is coming ahead of Wednesday’s joint session of the congress.
The January 6 session is usually a formal exercise presided over by the vice-president acting in as presiding officer of the senate to certify Electoral College votes.
Joe Biden, candidate of the Democratic Party, had roundly defeated Trump in the November 3 presidential election.
He had garnered 306 electoral votes, far exceeding the 270 threshold needed to clinch the presidency, while the incumbent Trump polled 232 electoral votes,
Biden polled 81,283,485 popular votes, Trump secured 74,233,744 votes.
But Trump has refused to concede the election, alleging that it was characterised by “massive fraud”.
The state electors had affirmed Biden’s victory when the Electoral College met over the election On December 14, 2020.
The last hope for Trump to upturn the presidential election appears to be the Wednesday’s joint session of the congress in which the vice president will preside over.
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Reacting via a tweet on Tuesday, Trump said: “The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.”
The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5, 2021
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