This chapter delves into the critical week leading up to an election, emphasizing the hope for clear outcomes to avoid unraveling electoral complexities. The speakers, with backgrounds in law and history, discuss the vice president's role in electoral vote counting while reflecting on historical events like Bush vs. Gore.
In this last regular episode of our mini-series about the road to selecting a president, we are joined by David Fontana of GW Law to talk about the Vice President. What role does the Constitution give the Vice President in counting electoral votes? And can this be manipulated?