12-12-2020
We Perish for Lack of
Yesterday ended up a disappointment to many who placed their hope and expectation on the Supreme Court of the United States to declare evil and side with the US Constitution and in favor of President Trump as the Court refused to hear the Texas lawsuit against the states named in it.
I am reminded of this verse in Ecclesiastes 1:9 – “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” We tend to forget that as we see ourselves being wronged as if for the first time in the history of the world.
I find it interesting that in a world that is controlled by evil we have willingly submitted ourselves to an election control device called “Dominion” then are surprised that the results are less than honorable. We may have been surprised but was God? Absolutely not, there are no surprises for the creator God, disappointed sometimes but never surprised.
If I’ve learned one thing in life it is that what man makes man can also break. One man’s treasure is another man’s envy. The thief used to come in the night to steal, plunder and often it ends in murder. In today’s political climate in America the thief is brazen and strutting as if he is grand marshal to a parade.
In a current political discussion on Facebook a friend said and I agree that “We make our choices with incomplete knowledge” yet we think we can figure things out on our own.
The bible tells us in Proverbs 2:6 – “For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” and in Proverbs 18:15 – “An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge”. Our problem is that we do not go to the source, the only one who hears our cry but is the answer.
For many we have taken what we were told about the election as the gospel truth. We are told that Biden won, Trump lost – end of story, right? Well hold on partner not so fast. Things aren’t always as they appear – Not during Election Day or the days after. We forget that the election is a process. There are steps that must be followed throughout that process.
It’s like baking a cake. You wouldn’t just buy a cake mix, throw it in a pan and into the oven, would you? No you would follow the instruction on the box (as best you could), add the ingredients, mix them up, and stir more in until you have batter ready for the baking pan. You would pre-heat the oven and wait until it’s time to place the pan in the oven. Then you would set the timer and go about your business until the timer went off. You wouldn’t remove the cake from the oven without first testing it with a toothpick to insure the inside was cooked. – That’s right or my name isn’t Betty Crocker (it ain’t).
The election process is preceded by the campaign, but on Election Day every registered voter must cast his ballot by mail or in person (These are the ingredients).
We then watch as others vote (Preheating the oven).
Follow these Instructions:
The Electoral College” A 2020 Presidential Election Timeline
November 4-December 14, 2020: Counting Popular Votes and Filing Certificates of Ascertainment Following Election Day, the states are to count and certify popular vote results according to their respective statutory and procedural requirements. When the states have completed their vote counts and ascertained the official results, the U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. §6) requires the state governors to prepare, “as soon as practicable,” documents known as Certificates of Ascertainment of the vote. The certificates must list the names of the electors chosen by the voters and the number of votes received in the popular election results, also the names of all losing candidates for elector, and the number of votes they received. Certificates of Ascertainment, which are often signed by state governors, must carry the seal of the state. One copy is forwarded to the Archivist of the United States(the Archivist), while six duplicates of the Certificate of Ascertainment must be provided to the electors by December 14, the date on which they meet.
December 8, 2020: The “Safe Harbor” Deadline
The U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. §5) provides that if election results are contested in any state, and if the state, prior to election day, has enacted procedures to settle controversies or contests over electors and electoral votes, and if these procedures have been applied, and the results have been determined six days before the electors’ meetings, then these results are considered to be conclusive, and will apply in the counting of the electoral votes. This date, known as the “Safe Harbor” deadline, falls on December 8 in 2020. The governor of any state where there was a contest, and in which the contest was decided according to established state procedures, is required (3 U.S.C. §6) to send a certificate describing the form and manner by which the determination was made to the Archivist as soon as practicable. December 14, 2020: Electors Vote in Their States Monday after the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years is set (3 U.S.C. §7) as the date on which the electors meet and vote. In 2020, the meeting is on December 14. Electoral College delegations meet separately in their respective states and the District of Columbia at places designated by their state legislature. The electors vote by paper ballot, casting one ballot for President and one for Vice President. The electors count the results and then sign six certificates, each of which contains two lists, one of which includes the electoral votes for the President, the other, electoral votes for the Vice President, each of which includes the names of persons receiving votes and the number of votes cast for them. These are known as Certificates of the Vote, which the electors are required to sign. They then pair the six Certificates of Ascertainment provided by the state governors with the Certificates of the Vote, and sign, seal, and certify them(3 U.S.C. §§8-10). The six certificates are then distributed by registered mail as follows: (1) one certificate to the President of the U.S. Senate (the Vice President); (2)two certificates to the secretary of state (or equivalent officer) of the state in which the electors met; (3) two certificates to the Archivist; and (4) one certificate to the judge of the U.S. district court of the district in which the electors met (3 U.S.C. §11). December 23, 2020: Certificates Must Be Delivered to the Designated Officials Certificates of electoral vote results must be delivered to above mentioned officers by the fourth Wednesday in December, in 2020, by December 23 (3 U.S.C. §12). Failure to Deliver Certificates by December 23 If the certificates from any state have not been delivered by December 23, 2020, the President of the Senate, or in their absence the Archivist, is required to request the secretary of state or equivalent officer in that state to send one of the copies they hold to the President of the Senate by registered mail (3 U.S.C. §12, 13). The Code also directs them to send a messenger to the judge of the U.S. district court in the state directing the judge to transmit the certificate they hold by “hand …to the seat of government.”
January 6, 2021: Joint Session of Congress to Count Electoral Votes and Declare Election Results Meets
On January 6, or another date set by law, the Senate and House of Representatives assemble at 1:00 p.m. in a joint session at the Capitol, in the House chamber, to count the electoral votes and declare the results(3 U.S.C. §15). The Vice President presides as President of the Senate. The Vice President opens the certificates and presents them to four tellers, two from each chamber. The tellers read and make a list of the returns. When the votes have been ascertained and counted, the tellers transmit them to the Vice President. If one of the tickets has received a majority of 270 or more electoral votes, the Vice President announces the results, which “shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President.”
Joint Session Challenges to Electoral Vote Returns
While the tellers announce the results, Members may object to the returns from any individual state as they are announced. Objections to individual state returns must be made in writing by at least one Member each of the Senate and House of Representatives. If an objection meets these requirements, the joint session recesses and the two houses separate and debate the question in their respective chambers for a maximum of two hours. The two houses then vote separately to accept or reject the objection. They then reassemble in joint session, and announce the results of their respective votes. An objection to a state’s electoral vote must be approved by both houses in order for any contested votes to be excluded. For additional information, see CRS Report RL32717, Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress, coordinated by Elizabeth Rybicki and L. Paige Whitaker.
January 20, 2021: Presidential Inauguration
On this date, the President and Vice President are to be inaugurated. The Twentieth Amendment set the date for inaugurations as January 20, beginning in 1937. Since 1981, the ceremony has, with one exception, been held on the West Front of the Capitol. The Vice President takes the oath first, followed at noon by the President.
Legislative Proposals to Extend the Post-Election Electoral College Timeline
Concern has been expressed by some that contested or delayed state popular vote results in the 2020 presidential election might prolong counting and ascertainment of results and encroach on the electoral college timeline. Two bills introduced in the 116th Congress would extend the time available for this process. S. 4517, introduced by Senator Marco Rubio, would be effective for the 2020-2021 election. It would change the Safe Harbor date to January 1, 2021, and the date on which electors vote to January 2. H.R. 8492, introduced by Representative David E. Price, would change the Safe Harbor date and also reschedule the Electoral College meetings to the first day after January 1. It would also expedite delivery of certificates of the electoral vote and reschedule the joint session of Congress to count electoral votes to the second day after a revised deadline for election certificate delivery to the Vice President or the Archivist.
These two legislative proposals (HR 8492, S4517) have not passed or signed into law.
So let the court challenges proceed in the various states as this too is part of the natural election process. It is imperative that we not jump to conclusions (or perish) because our knowledge is incomplete or insufficient. Let us pay attention to what is written in Proverbs 20:7 – “A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.” – I am the Real Truckmaster!
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