# If Pence lies on Jan. 6?

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**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pence-lies-on-jan-6/928112 "2020-12-15T17:28:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-pence-lies-on-jan-6/928112/2 "2020-12-15T17:44:57Z")

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Northern Piper had a good run-down of the redundancy of the Electoral College votes here:

> [@Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7833):
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> The electors in each state send one of their certified copies of the vote to the attention of the President of the Senate (ie Mike Pence), by registered mail. See [3 US Code § 11](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/11):

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