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What happens if Biden wins a second term and a Republican House just flat out refuses to certify the results?
Comment by Potato_Pristine at 26/10/2023 at 13:17 UTC
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We would have an ugly constitutional crisis and my guess is that it would go up to the U.S. Supreme Court to be resolved.
Comment by bl1y at 25/10/2023 at 17:20 UTC
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The House isn't in charge of certification, but rather the combined Congress. In 2020, only 6 Republicans ended up voting against certification. So, even if certification was opposed by most House Republicans, there'd still likely be the total votes to certify.
If certification were to ultimately fail, then the House selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice President.
Comment by SmoothCriminal2018 at 24/10/2023 at 02:50 UTC
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They legally can’t just refuse because they feel like it. Congress passed a law in 2022 that specifies the only grounds for a member of Congress to object to results are if “The electors of a state were not lawfully certified or An elector's vote was not "regularly given"