# The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182 "2020-11-09T23:29:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/765 "2020-12-01T20:27:58Z")

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There’s some discussion of the process in [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7185). In short, Congress meets in join session to open and read the electoral votes by state. If one Representative and one Senator jointly submit an objection to those electoral votes in writing, the two chambers separately vote whether to accept them. Unless _both_ chambers vote to reject that state’s electoral votes, they get counted.

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