Tomorrow, January 6, 2017, at 1pm ET, Congress will meet in a joint session to conduct the official tally of Electoral College votes provided by each state and the District of Columbia. It’s a special opportunity to exercise our Constitutional Conscience and witness the last steps in the presidential election process. You can watch it live on CSPAN (www.c-span.org/congress/) and other networks. One significant and unusual thing to watch for are vote challenges. Although the outcome is nearly certain, the election process itself--FAR more important matter--may have been flawed. Reports are surfacing that as many as 50 electors may be ineligible to vote. If true, their votes could be challenged and omitted, sending the election to the House for a vote. It does not appear that electors from all parties have been scrutinized, adding to the uncertainty of our election process and results: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-electoral-victory-democratic-challenge-233224 We the People must hold our representatives accountable to the Constitution and state election laws -- The process must be respected and faithfully executed even if it does not change the outcome. A handful of Representatives seem ready to object to such violations. CALL your Rep and Senators TODAY! Demand that they uphold the Constitution and election laws by objecting to ineligible electors’ votes, regardless of party affiliation. You can also sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/call-on-republican-leaders-to-take-a-stand-against-trump-for-democracy/u/18967670 What You Will See: Vice President Joe Biden, as President of the Senate, is the presiding officer. He will announce the results of the vote and declare who has been elected President and Vice President. He will then call for objections to be made. If any objections are registered, they must be submitted in writing and be signed by at least one member of the House and Senate. The House and Senate would withdraw to their respective chambers to consider the merits of any objections according the procedure set out under 3 U.S.C. section. Civic-mindedly Yours, Frankie Ridolfi Key References: US Constitution – 12th Amendment http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendments/amendment-xii US Constitution – Article 2 (Executive Branch), Section 1 (superseded by 12th Amendment) http://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-ii#section-2 Counting Electoral Votes: An Overview of Procedures at the Joint Session, Including Objections by Members of Congress https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32717.pdf