Prediction: Postal Service shutdown

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We had this discoussion several weeks ago, on July 3-4, in the “How Trump can lose and stay on” thread, starting with this post:

How Trump can lose and stay on. Opinions?

The problem with threads like this is is that they focus too much on Trump. According to that title and section of federal law, the guy who officially announces the election result is Mike Pence: [quote] . . . the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected President and Vice President of the United[ States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the Journals …