GOLIKEHELLMACHINE: “if there is no confirmed vice-president, who certifies the electoral votes?” is not a question that i want to learn the answer to in november, though if anyone has an answer for it now, i’d love to hear it

“chaos in the house as the house of representatives refuses to confirm president harris’ vice-president nominee for the 17th time before the august recess” is not a headline that unilaterally harms republicans

“if there is no confirmed vice-president, who certifies the electoral votes?” is not a question that i want to learn the answer to in november, though if anyone has an answer for it now, i’d love to hear it

This is a good law and more people should know about it

Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

don’t like the possibility of it going to the supremes, but this is better than i was afraid of

They did at least pass a law after 1/6 that the VP's role is purely ceremonial. And even then, as someone mentioned, it's the president pro tempore, currently Democratic Senator Patty Murray.

how did it work before the 25th Amendment? I think January 1965 is our closest example.

Congressional Record, Jan 6 1965: www.congress.gov/bound-congre...

The joint session began at 12:55 and ended at 1:46.

AFAICT there’s no specific notation as to the fact that there was no Vice President, but I think that the Z President Pro Tem was acting in the place of a VP (since the VP presides as President of the Senate).

Gotta win the presidential election and lose the House for this to be a problem. That seems pretty unlikely.

President Pro-Tempore would do it. That's currently Patty Murray of Washington.

John Roberts.

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