The new congress takes their seats on January 3rd, the counting of electoral votes is conducted afterwards on the 6th. I suspect the GOP will gain in the House this November and have an even bigger margin than the 26 you indicate they have now.
Yes, I had a brain fart, getting old suxors. Thanks for correcting my senility.
- Tuesday November 3, 2020 – Election Day
- Monday December 14, 2020 – Electors cast their electoral votes
- Wednesday January 6, 2021 – Congress counts and certifies the electoral votes
- Wednesday January 20, 2021 – Inauguration Day
I had forgotten the 'horse and buggy' time frame of the late 1700's.
But I think my main point is still valid; the way the system works, if your slate of delegates is not prepared by January 6, when they are counted in a joint session of Congress led by Mike Pence, it is skipped over, and does not delay squat.
So mail-in voting isz just another way blue voters will disenfranchise themselves by much larger percentages. Any resulting confusion is on them alone and has no impact on the rest of the country.
The most reasonable delay in deciding the election that I've heard is if Trump loses and pursues taking to court the election results of various states. The guy is lawsuit prone.
Well, he is a Yankee so.....the most letigious society on the Face of the Earth.