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President Trump and his supporters are trying to turn the Jan. 6 congressional session for counting electoral college votes into something that it is not and was never intended to be: a forum for litigating Trump’s claims of voter fraud. The Constitution and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 intended the Jan. 6 session to address a narrow question: Are the electoral votes received by Congress ones cast by electors the states appointed?
Republican congressmen who try to use that day to dispute the election will find themselves running afoul of the law.
Opinion | Sorry, President Trump. January 6 is not an election do-over. — The Washington Post
The role of Congress at the Jan. 6 joint session isn’t to relitigate the election. It’s to accept the votes sent by states.
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Republican congressmen who try to use that day to dispute the election will find themselves running afoul of the law.