The reasons why Mike Pence is man of hour in US election

 Some claim Vice President Mike Pence has the power to 'decertify' election results that the Electoral College brings forward.  So let's look at the VP's official role in this process.

The Constitution doesn't grant the vice president any such power that Trump labeled. Instead, it's up to the House and Senate to voice any objections, which will take place on January 6 around 1 p.m. And each of those state electors was chosen in accordance with state law, not fraudulently. 

Instead, the Constitution shows Pence's role is more formal, monitoring the session that will take place. 

 

However, on Tuesday, Mr Trump falsely suggested that Mr Pence could use the occasion to nullify the result. “The vice-president has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors,” Mr Trump wrote on Twitter.

 

The 12th Amendment of the Constitution lays it out:

 

“The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted,” it reads.

 

So Pence will oversee the joint session of Congress, opening each of the certificates of each state's electoral votes and then presenting those to already appointed House and Senate "tellers" in alphabetical order.

 

"The person having the greatest number of votes shall be president," the amendment continues.

 

After presenting them to all of the tellers, who count the votes, Pence then will announce who officially won.



 "Rejection means that that state just won't be counted and every single person in that state will basically be disenfranchised by both houses, deciding not to count their electoral votes," 

 

Our Verify researchers also read through the federal statute about counting electoral votes, and nowhere does it say that if an objection succeeds, the opponent would get the votes.