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If there are objections from 4 states, does that mean there is 8 hours of debate? In 2005, the Ohio objection interrupted counting and debate began immediately. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]</sup> 21:13, 28 December 2020 (EST)
If there are objections from 4 states, does that mean there is 8 hours of debate? In 2005, the Ohio objection interrupted counting and debate began immediately. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|Free Kyle!]]</sup> 21:13, 28 December 2020 (EST)
:According to the Act, "Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper [i.e., the documents that convey the votes of a state's electors], the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. . . . No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of" (§ 15). So the answer would appear to be yes. [[User:FabioZ|FabioZ]] ([[User talk:FabioZ|talk]]) 17:52, 2 January 2021 (EST)
:According to the Act, "Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper [i.e., the documents that convey the votes of a state's electors], the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. . . . No votes or papers from any other State shall be acted upon until the objections previously made to the votes or papers from any State shall have been finally disposed of" (§ 15). So the answer would appear to be yes. [[User:FabioZ|FabioZ]] ([[User talk:FabioZ|talk]]) 17:52, 2 January 2021 (EST)
== comment ==
"While the Electoral Count Act says a majority vote in the US House of its members can rule on objections, the 12th Amendment orders the vote in the US House to made by its State delegations." Two completely different legal provisions are being conflated here. The ECA speaks only of the rules for determining the outcome of objections to a state's electoral vote during the vote count. Amendment XII gives the provision for when no candidate receives the votes of a majority of electors appointed. Two entirely different situations. This should be corrected. [[User:FabioZ|FabioZ]] ([[User talk:FabioZ|talk]]) 18:01, 2 January 2021 (EST)