What Happens Next? – by David Bottomley

What Happens Next?

So far, there is substantial evidence of election fraud in several states and litigation is pending to address the fraud in Pennsylvania, Michigan and potentially in Arizona and Nevada. There are also recounts occurring in Georgia and Wisconsin, as well as potential litigation in those states.

Without getting into the details, it’s unknown if this will change the outcomes in those states, but there is a good possibility that the fraudulent votes will be excluded from the totals either in the recounts or by the courts, with the ultimate decision resting at the Supreme Court of the United States.

In the event that the state legislatures are not satisfied that the fraudulent votes are excluded, they can directly select the electors to ensure that the will of their constituents is protected. They have that power under the Constitution.

All states must certify their votes by December 8 so that their slates of Electors can vote by December 14 in the Electoral College and those votes can be sent to the President of the Senate, Mike Pence. In the event that litigation is not completed by that time and it prevents one or more states from being able to certify by that time, it’s possible that they would be excluded from the Electoral College vote. If that happens, it’s likely that neither candidate would have an absolute majority of 270 electoral votes.

In that event, the election would be sent to Congress. The House of Representatives chooses the President on the basis of state delegation meaning they need a majority of the 50 state delegations to win. Based on those numbers in that case, Donald Trump would be reelected.

The Senate elects the Vice President which would be Mike Pence. The clinker is that in the House, two thirds of the delegations need to be present for the vote to occur. If the Democrat delegations decide to boycott that vote, there would not be a quorum to hold the vote.

The Senate does not have such a requirement, so the election of Pence as Vice President would be assured in the Senate. In the case that the House does not select a President in time, the Vice President becomes acting President, so that would effectively make Mike Pence President.

So depending on how the litigation and recounts go, we could end up with Trump reelected, or Biden elected, or if the Electoral College is unable to come up with 270 votes for either candidate, Pence would become President.

Just to make matters interesting, Pence could then name Trump as his Vice President and resign, which would make Donald Trump President, who could then appoint Pence as Vice President. This is going to be an interesting process indeed.