# Questions about those alt-Republican electoral slates . **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 15, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-alt-republican-electoral-slates/928066 "2020-12-15T01:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2020, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-alt-republican-electoral-slates/928066/9 "2020-12-15T04:34:13Z")
The legislation that governs how electoral votes will be counted in Congress is the [Electoral Count Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Count_Act). It is long and complex, but to boil it down to the parts relevant to your question: - The Vice President (who chairs the joint session) is required to open the certificate of attainment and _any document purporting to be a certificate of attainment_ for each state. The question has been asked whether this means that I can mail in a “certificate of attainment” for Lyndon LaRouche scribbled on a cocktail napkin and have it opened at the joint session. The VP could probably ignore such an obvious crank, but a document sent in by the Trump electors would likely be opened. - When the joint session receives more than one purported set of electors from a state, there are three scenarios outlined in the statute: So, even if the renegade Trump electors are able to have their certificates opened by the joint session, the statute dictates that the Biden electors must be the ones counted. One Senator and one Representative may jointly object to the Biden electors, but those electors will be counted unless both chambers vote to reject them. As noted, House members will vote singly and not as state delegations. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-alt-republican-electoral-slates/928066)._