88 State Lawmakers Ask Pence to Delay ‘Opening and Counting’ Electoral Vote for 10 Days

88 State Lawmakers Ask Pence to Delay ‘Opening and Counting’ Electoral Vote for 10 Days
Vice President Mike Pence in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Nov. 13, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Eighty-eight state legislators from five battleground states sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence urging him to postpone the opening of electoral votes during the Joint Session of Congress for at least 10 days.

According to their letter, which was organized by Got Freedom: “On January 6, 2021, you are statutorily authorized and required under the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to preside over both houses of Congress to count and record the Presidential electoral vote count to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.”

Jack Phillips
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