Thread by @sethjlevy

1/ OK I’m going to write a quick thread here based on the precedent of the 1960 Hawaii electors as brought to light by @thekbtweets.

https://twitter.com/thekbtweets/status/1337777807565393924

2/ First question is why can electors be certified on December 30th but not January 1st?

I will get back to the significance of January 1st later but for now just know that team Trump only sees January 6 as the date of significance and quotes the late RBG in their statement.

3/ The other interesting point illustrated in that thread by KB is that it was Nixon as VP that decided the December 30th slate was the true slate. Indicating that the power to decide which are the valid electors is in Pence’s hands. Then from there the Congress can object.

4/ Why do I point to Jan 1 as a date of significance? Because if eligible electors can be certified on Jan 1 it solves for one of the biggest hurdle to the state legislature solution which is that most are out of session and disbanded because their legislative year has expired.

5/ As a result they can’t easily meet to vote a separate Trump slate unless their Governor calls a special session which D Governors won’t and R Governors have refused.

But in most states the new legislative year begins Jan 1 and the new legislature is sworn in.

6/ A lot can happen between today and January 1st that could motivate these legislatures to act. Will they? We will find out. Could they? Absolutely.

I just wanted to highlight that the timeline isn’t exactly what we have been led to believe.

7/ It would be a sweet irony if the stolen Kennedy election of 1960 became the precedent to block the stollen election of 2020.

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