Correll Indeependent PENCE has no authority to decertify any state if a state has finalized its results six days before December 14, according to the ECA,
then those results qualify for "safe harbor" status — meaning Congress must treat them as the "conclusive" results,
It may come and go without much fanfare, but on Tuesday, the U.S. will pass a key deadline cementing President-elect Joe Biden's victory as the 46th president.
The day, Dec. 8, is known as the "safe harbor" deadline for states to certify their results, compelling Congress to accept those results
Electoral College electors are scheduled to meet in states across the country on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December (Dec. 14 this year) to cast their votes.
And if a state has finalized its results six days before then, according to the ECA, then those results qualify for "safe harbor" status — meaning Congress must treat them as the "conclusive" results, even if, for example, a state's legislature sends in a competing set of results.