The Constitution states in part"The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof". The critical element being the legislature thereof. If the electors which were certified were not those who each states legislature had authorized and specified through that state's laws, they were not valid electors. At the very minimum where two sets of electors were presented there should have been clear documented resolution of which electors met the state legislatures requirements to be electors.
Words mean things and in the constitution each word can be critical to an understanding of the intent and the basis for all subservient law.
I don't know all the details, but I have seen enough references to two slates of electors from multiple states to know that there was a controversy. Couple that with an inability by my elected servants to stand up before their citizenry and defend their positions; but rather hide from their citizenry and cower under their desks only to reconvene in the dead of night to certify the electors of the several states is suspicious.
Regardless of the outcome of the election, the real problem is a matter of confidence and trust. Trust and confidence is one of the most precious things among men. To undermine that trust and confidence for expediency, or worse, is unconscionable.
Take the necessary time, require those states with multiple electors presented to resolve which set of electors are certified by the state legislature. Not some election official, not some employee, not the governor of the state, the state legislature!
Words mean things and in the constitution each word can be critical to an understanding of the intent and the basis for all subservient law.
I don't know all the details, but I have seen enough references to two slates of electors from multiple states to know that there was a controversy. Couple that with an inability by my elected servants to stand up before their citizenry and defend their positions; but rather hide from their citizenry and cower under their desks only to reconvene in the dead of night to certify the electors of the several states is suspicious.
Regardless of the outcome of the election, the real problem is a matter of confidence and trust. Trust and confidence is one of the most precious things among men. To undermine that trust and confidence for expediency, or worse, is unconscionable.
Take the necessary time, require those states with multiple electors presented to resolve which set of electors are certified by the state legislature. Not some election official, not some employee, not the governor of the state, the state legislature!