# 6 January 2021; A Day worth a Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770 "2021-01-06T04:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1263 "2021-01-07T05:07:57Z")
An objection must be supported by a member of both the House and Senate. AZ was, the other states had only a House member. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1264 "2021-01-07T05:08:08Z")
You need a Senator to sign the objection. Since the riot, Senators who were willing to sign on have gotten shy. ---
**Author:** ![Mcmechanic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Mcmechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mcmechanic)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1265 "2021-01-07T05:08:25Z")
Ha, true ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1266 "2021-01-07T05:08:29Z")
Haha. Got it. Thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1267 "2021-01-07T05:08:55Z")
If there are 22 tellers, why is Amy Klobuchar doing most of the telling? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1268 "2021-01-07T05:09:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > > And the house votes 303-121 against Trump. So both Houses rejected him soundly. Now onto the counting again. What’s the next state up for argument–Georgia?? - > > It’s a stain that it wasn’t a unanimous rejection. Yes it is. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1269 "2021-01-07T05:09:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is there an official form that state electors have to use to send their vote count to Congress, or do they just do it any way they want to? The 12th Amendment provides the requirements: > [@](#): > > The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and all persons voted for as Vice-President and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1270 "2021-01-07T05:09:38Z")
I was typing, thinking “this is pointless, 5 others will have answered by the time I finish.” I should have gone with my feeling. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1271 "2021-01-07T05:09:54Z")
There’s only 4 tellers, two from each House. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1272 "2021-01-07T05:10:00Z")
If they stay in order, what State would but Biden over the top? I think it’s PA. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1273 "2021-01-07T05:10:19Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > There’s only 4 tellers, two from each House. Where did I hear there were 11 from each House? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1274 "2021-01-07T05:10:19Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Looks like they might get through this in one sitting, if some of the old farts can stay awake long enough. It would not have gone so smoothly were it not for Trump’s seditious goons suddenly bringing a sense of bipartisan unity. It seems that way. By my count, we’ve had three objections since the joint session reconvened, but they have not had the support from the other house. IIRC, one had support, but given the events of today, that support was withdrawn. (I could be wrong on this.) I said earlier that the riot today may just backfire–that objections would be much more difficult to justify; therefore, we will see far fewer. Looks like that so far; let’s keep our fingers crossed that there are few to no more. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1275 "2021-01-07T05:10:40Z")
Vermont. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1276 "2021-01-07T05:10:47Z")
SHHNNNNNGHHH… hmm? What? We’re up to North Carolina?? SHHHHNNNNNGHHH… ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1277 "2021-01-07T05:11:31Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Thank you for that. I could not believe no one was arrested. From the few photos I 've seen, doesn’t look like more than 50 or so got in I’m not surprised that they let most of them go at the time they were inside, with law enforcement outnumbered, as a purely tactical decision. They just weren’t in control of the situation. But what the fuck was going on with the lack of security in the first place? Was there some kind of organised pro-Trump collusion here at some level in law enforcement to allow this to happen? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1278 "2021-01-07T05:12:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > There’s only 4 tellers, two from each House. > > Where did I hear there were 11 from each House? - Counting in base-3? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1279 "2021-01-07T05:12:16Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Rioters had zip ties I read that upthread, one guy had zipties. The speculation was that they wanted to take hostages. I don’t know where this show trial business is coming from. Atlantic article is quite tame in comparison to the above speculations. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1280 "2021-01-07T05:12:24Z")
I think Speaker Pelosi said something about only 11 Reps on the floor during debates, due to covid restrictions. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1281 "2021-01-07T05:13:31Z")
And here we go… PA ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770/1282 "2021-01-07T05:14:07Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I think Speaker Pelosi said something about only 11 Reps on the floor during debates, due to covid restrictions. That’s what I recall. She told the rest to return to their offices, where they could watch the proceedings on TV. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-january-2021-a-day-worth-a-thread/929770.md?page=65)