Peach Tree Times

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R–Bethlehem) is leading an effort to challenge Georgia’s electors when Congress reconvenes on Jan. 6.

“Big meeting today with @realDonaldTrump, @VP, the President's legal team, @freedomcaucus and other Members of Congress,” Hice tweeted. “I will lead an objection to Georgia's electors on Jan 6. The courts refuse to hear the President's legal case. We're going to make sure the People can!”

Hice is one of several who have vowed to challenge the Electoral College votes when they are officially counted in January.

In Arizona, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Prescott) has publicly said he will challenge the votes, as well as U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) in Alabama.

“I’m actually gonna be leading the charge with Mo Brooks,” Gosar told NTD News earlier this week. “I’ll be leading on Arizona. I believe that Andy Biggs will be there with me as well. So here we go.” 

The Republicans are hoping by challenging the Electoral College votes, they can stop the count for President-elect Joe Biden. In order to do that, there must be an objection in writing from at least one senator and one House member.

A joint session will be held and when the objection is submitted, the session will be “paused,” allowing both houses to go to their own chambers to debate for up to two hours. They can then vote to either accept or reject the votes.

In order to be successful, both chambers have to have a majority vote and if they don’t agree, the votes then go back to their states to be certified by the executive of the state.

Gosar told NTD that the goal was to find out if the election was fair and then if it wasn’t to go about making elections better.