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OK anon made an effort to "redact" the applicable laws on how this pence electoral process works. The constitution is very straightforward as seen below - o fcourse Congress fucked it up by passing a law called the "Electoral College Act" whic is a major POS with constitutional problems as you will see from the ez to read summaries - the question being, when you read them being is the congress law inconsistent with the constitution?
it seems imo the obvious answer is yes becuase the congress law really changes the way the potus is confirmed in congress giving power where the constitution does not - that is why there is drama and confusion on pence role - it is murky waters frens. where you see… it means i omitted extraneous text - if you see a ( ) it means i simplified a phrase or word - i also replaced "president of the Senate" with VP but be aware if pence does a no show it falls to President Pro tempre (Grassley) (PS no spell check on notepad)
summary - 12th amendment does not expressly grant or deny power to the VP to reject electoral votes but historical record, practice and clear implication does in fact grant power to do so - this was "clarified" by an act of congress which in effect unconsitutionally modifies the 12th amendment. so why would congress do this is it was clear VP had no power to act? they would not.
hope this helps…
12th amendment to the us constitution
The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President…which… they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;
The (VP) shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; – The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then….the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice