3 November: Election Day
14 December: Electoral College Day
3 January 2021: Day that the House of Representatives Convenes.
3 - 7 January 2021: Tabulation of the Electoral College votes must be accomplished by both the House/Senate.
Can anything take place between 14 December and 3 January, if the EC is a failure? The House could convene in this holiday period, and have a committee to investigate the failures of various states to complete their 'count'. States may or may not comply. Timing this with Christmas is also an issue.
Pelosi trying to get to a closure point? Basically, once a state admits that 5-percent of the ballots have been disqualified and lawsuits start flying, there's nothing that Pelosi can do....to improve the situation.
Adding to this frustration....all 435 House seats are in a questionable area, with perhaps a dozen states refusing to sign a completion, and those House members unable to reach DC to perform their duty. This also, will draw court activity and the Supreme Court likely to get into the middle.
The possibility that the Republicans win an edge but have 30-odd members in 'limbo' waiting on their state to sign off? Can you appoint a House Majority leader or Chairman with the lacking members?
The odds that we reach 20 January without a President approved by the House method?
