OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?
Because you'd also need confidence in the state legislatures you'd send them back to for review. What you're suggesting is that there is no means for the person given the authority to certify that the votes appear proper to not certify. If so, what's the point? Mere decorum and theater?
OK, but if that was what they were 'asking', why didn't Biden do that in 2016 using MEH RUSSHER as a reason? Why didn't every single vice-president do that before? Or in 1960, when Nixon thought he lost to JFK due to fraud?
Because you'd also need confidence in the state legislatures you'd send them back to for review. What you're suggesting is that there is no means for the person given the authority to certify that the votes appear proper to not certify. If so, what's the point? Mere decorum and theater?